Nearly 20% of older adults don’t plan to get flu vaccine: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 09, 2019
Nineteen percent of people aged 60 or more years do not plan to get vaccinated against influenza this year, according to a new AmeriSpeak Spotlight on Health survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.
McKnight’s Senior Living survey: 75% report PPE shortages in senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 07, 2020
“We are using homemade masks, as we are allotted one box of 50 masks a month. I have 53 employees,” one respondent said.
CDC: Residents undergoing dialysis may face higher COVID-19 risks
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 13, 2020
Nursing home residents undergoing dialysis might be at a higher risk for infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of exposures to staff members and community dialysis patients,...
Up to 1.6 million people have had the flu so far this season
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 20, 2023
Up to 1.6 million people were sickened with influenza from Oct 1. through Nov. 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
Self-quarantine with residents? Owner and former Marine says it could work in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 29, 2020
Tyson Belanger served three tours of duty in Iraq as a Marine. Now, as the owner of the assisted living home his parents built 44 years ago, he thinks he has the solution to winning the war on COVID-19....