After a period of decline, COVID-19 cases are once again increasing in nursing homes across the United States, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In the first two weeks of June...
Study: Those who had COVID-19 may have more protection from common cold
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 13, 2024
There may be an upside to having had COVID-19, according to new research. If you’ve had COVID-19, it may guard you from the common cold, a study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine...
Group defines long COVID in effort to unify healthcare entities, improve medical responses
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 12, 2024
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report that better defines long COVID. The group put together the consensus document at the federal government’s...
A new anti-bullying campaign?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 02, 2022
You see them everywhere. Anti-bullying campaigns. People are bullied for just about anything. For looking different, for different beliefs, for sexual orientations, for race, creed, color, religion, etc. ...
The waiting is the hardest part
By
John O'Connor
May 03, 2021
Our ride on the pandemic Tilt-A-Whirl won’t last indefinitely but it’s not over yet.
FDA approves first fully at-home COVID-19 test
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2020
Results are available in about 20 minutes via a mobile phone app, and the test is more than 90% accurate in both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, the agency announced Tuesday.
Keeping skilled nursing facilities fully staffed amid a triple threat
By
Chris Hedrick
Jan 04, 2021
Caregiving is America’s largest profession and the job role with the widest gap between supply and demand. Four and a half million long-term care workers support individuals in institutions and home-based...
Honoring the fallen
By
Michael Wasserman
May 08, 2024
It’s been more than four years since the onset of the tragic pandemic that took the lives of nearly a quarter million vulnerable older adults living in nursing homes. Their lives mattered. How they spent...
‘Fully vaccinated’ may be moving target in face of breakthroughs, omicron
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 29, 2021
More than a week after federal health officials greenlighted booster shots for all American adults, questions remain about what it means to be “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19 — and whether that...
BREAKING: CDC eases restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals in non-healthcare settings
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued long-awaited guidance on what new activities COVID-19 vaccinated people in “non-healthcare settings” can and can’t do regarding masking and...