Are seniors and their caregivers going to get a COVID booster? This AI tool already knows.
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 21, 2024
A new tool uses AI to evaluate how likely an individual is to get a COVID booster shot based on demographic characteristics.
Employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates significantly increase uptake with little effect on staffing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2023
An employee mandate led to a “significant” increase in COVID-19 vaccine uptake with little effect on staffing in a multi-state network of continuing care retirement communities studied by researchers,...
Business briefs, Aug. 8
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 08, 2023
Employee COVID-19 vaccine mandates significantly increase uptake with little effect on staffing: study … Exaggerating occupancy could hurt sales, marketing expert says … DHC urges shareholders to consider...
Bill would ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates despite older adults remaining at highest risk for serious outcomes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 02, 2023
A study underscoring the need to continue to protect older adults from COVID-19 comes as one state appears close to banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers, including senior living communities.
Health officials recommend spring COVID-19 booster for older adults
Feb 29, 2024
A second booster is appropriate as long as at least four months have passed since a person’s last COVID-19 shot.
Senior living providers should follow CDC’s new ‘unified’ recommendations for COVID, flu, RSV
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 04, 2024
Senior living providers should follow the updated respiratory virus isolation recommendations issued Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to provider advocacy organizations.
CDC panel gives support to new COVID-19 booster shots
Sep 13, 2023
The new booster targets the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which is similar to the dominant variant now circulating.
FDA approves new COVID-19 booster shots
Sep 11, 2023
The new booster targets the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which is similar to the dominant variant now circulating.
New Jersey joins other states in lifting pandemic-related requirements for assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2023
COVID-19 vaccination requirements for assisted living and healthcare employees have been lifted in New Jersey following recent changes to federal requirements surrounding the pandemic.
Education, leadership keys to combating vaccine hesitancy in senior living, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2024
Increasing COVID-19, influenza and respiratory vaccination rates in older adults is going to require a village to battle vaccine reluctance in the form of misinformation, hesitancy and fatigue, according...