Identifying highest-risk assisted living communities key to tackling next outbreak: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2024
The public health response to COVID-19 in assisted living communities in New York highlights the need to identify those communities at highest risk of infectious disease outbreaks to provide necessary...
Long COVID definitions, care models are evolving
May 20, 2024
Care models are informed by five key principles, including multidisciplinary expertise and a patient-centered approach.
Following drop after COVID-19 onset, inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is up
May 01, 2024
An initial decrease was seen in proportion with inappropriate prescription, followed by a subsequent increase.
Two-thirds of survivors of the most severe COVID-19 face impairment at one year
Apr 26, 2024
Physical, psychiatric and cognitive problems were seen in those discharged to long-term acute care hospitals.
Assisted living mental health services fell between 2019 and 2020, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 25, 2024
Mental health visits for assisted living residents living with dementia dropped as the pandemic set in, a new study finds.
‘Misallocation’ of COVID-19 vaccines led to preventable deaths of older adults: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2024
Older adults in New York City may have missed out on timely COVID-19 vaccinations — and possibly died — due to a misallocation of resources that allowed younger adults in wealthy neighborhoods to jump...
One in seven drug supply chain issue reports tied to drug shortages
Apr 10, 2024
Supply disruptions increased for drugs with and without reports at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global adult mortality rates increased during COVID-19
Mar 26, 2024
An increase was seen during the pandemic period, following a decrease between 1950 and 2019; child mortality continued to drop during the pandemic.