NIC: Residents’ care needs have grown as staffing remains top challenge for operators … FDA: Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine effective, but heart risks a concern … U.S. cancer screenings fell 80% during...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, March 1
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 01, 2022
CMS wallops nursing homes with planned staffing requirements and increased penalties … FDA ups recommended dose of Evusheld monoclonal antibody treatment … Addressing residents’ kidney health an...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, July 14
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2021
NIC webinar on role of physicians in senior living runs today … Israel offers third shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine … 90-year-old infected by two COVID-19 variants of concern … Post-surgical pacemaker...
Clinical briefs for Monday, June 7
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 07, 2021
NIC: Nursing homes among ‘safest places’ for seniors following 98% drop in COVID cases … Vaccination is not a risk factor for sudden hearing loss: Johns Hopkins … U.S. population estimate foresees...
Long-term care risks extended negative image without more COVID data from operators: exec
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 16, 2020
Seniors housing and care providers across a wider spectrum must start submitting data to increase transparency about the effects of coronavirus infections, says NIC CEO Brian Jurutka.
Even amid COVID surge, many seniors housing operators not increasing move-in restrictions: NIC
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 15, 2021
Roughly two-thirds of long-term care organizations report that they have not increased move-in restrictions. Operators presumably are now more confident in infection prevention and creative, safe visitation...
Pandemic persists in nursing homes with low vax rates; case counts rising, NIC analyst says
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 23, 2021
Half of the U.S. skilled nursing facilities with newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in early August had staff vaccination rates 12% below the national average, new data show. At the same time, overall per-resident...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Jan. 20
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 20, 2022
Senior housing analysts report on rising SNF coronavirus cases … Paxlovid antiviral COVID-19 pill appears to be effective against omicron … Nearly half of American adults have gained weight during...
Awareness, control of high blood pressure slipping in U.S.
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 09, 2020
After almost 15 years of improvement, awareness among Americans about high blood pressure, how to control it and how best to treat it is on the decline, a new study finds.
‘A long time coming’: LTC infection preventionists get new certification option
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Apr 27, 2022
A new opportunity to receive industry-specific IPC board certification is a much-needed chance for LTC workers to build and show their niche expertise, experts say.