CDC director overrules advisory panel, recommends COVID-19 boosters for healthcare workers as well as...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 24, 2021
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday endorsed boosters of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for long-term care residents and others 65 and older, frontline workers...
May 28, learn how to help residents combat loneliness and boredom
May 18, 2020
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, residents of senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities are even more at risk than usual for social isolation, loneliness and boredom. In a May 28 webinar,...
Uptake low for monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19
Sep 22, 2021
Use peaked in January and declined in early 2021, at the time of the vaccine rollout.
SHOPP analysis finds a $1,064% increase in PPE costs
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 09, 2020
Skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers treating COVID-19 patients have experienced a 1,064% increase in costs for required personal protective equipment since the deadly virus started its...
CDC panel recommends COVID-19 boosters for older adults but not healthcare workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
A vaccine advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Thursday to recommend booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adults aged 65 or more years...
Vaccines effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in healthcare workers
Sep 27, 2021
Effectiveness was similar regardless of age (
Smoking has causal effect on risk for severe COVID-19
Sep 28, 2021
Current smokers have an increased risk for hospitalization and mortality. A genetically predicted propensity to start smoking also is linked to risks.
Rethinking the healthcare workforce amid COVID-19
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 30, 2020
Healthcare organizations around the nation are scrambling to stay on top of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many facilities are finding that adequate staffing — a hurdle in the best of times — has become...
COVID-19 reduces occupancy, elevates costs in Omega’s senior living portfolio
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 06, 2020
Senior living and skilled nursing communities in Omega Healthcare Investors’ portfolio are weathering the effects of COVID-19 through declining occupancy and significantly elevated costs, according...
Federal, state governments must ensure senior living access to Pfizer vaccine boosters, associations...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2021
National industry associations are promising to continue to advocate that senior living providers be prioritized and assisted in COVID-19 vaccination efforts following Friday’s endorsement of boosters...