Long-term smell, but not taste, deficits seen after COVID-19
May 01, 2024
The deficits appear to be the greatest for individuals with the original untyped and alpha variant infections.
US to partner with 50 countries to prevent future pandemics
Apr 16, 2024
The Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it will work with 50 nations worldwide to try to prevent global pandemics such as COVID-19, which brought the world to a standstill four years ago.
Choose love over fear when preparing to confront challenges
By
Loren Shook
Mar 18, 2024
Silverado’s Loren Shook shares steps leaders can take to help ensure that their organizations can navigate uncertainty while fulfilling their missions.
No side of COVID with my turkey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2020
I’ll make my mother’s dressing recipe, a family favorite, and the rest of the meal, for two instead of 20, and at some point during the day, I hope to join my siblings and their families for a video...
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.
Senior living owners take rare step to isolate with residents during COVID-19 pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2020
Kathy and Don Beck have taken extraordinary steps to keep the older adults in their small Oregon senior living community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Providers approach holidays with eye toward normalcy, safety
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 04, 2021
Senior living providers are planning for a “somewhat normal” holiday season in 2021, albeit with an eye toward safety and with last season’s COVID-19 lockdown memories still vivid.
Despite pandemic, most boomers still believe they’ll be financially comfortable in retirement
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 26, 2020
Amid reports of the negative effects of COVID-19 on older workers’ retirements, four in five baby boomers still believe they will have a better retirement than their parents. That’s according to data...
No place I’d rather be – During COVID, and always
By
Rob Kretzinger
Apr 27, 2020
Serving older adults is, at all times, a privilege and a responsibility, and COVID-19 hasn’t changed either of those things.
Biden administration official calls for more coordinated approach to home- and community-based services
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 06, 2021
A whole government approach is needed to bring home- and community-based services (HCBS) equitably to seniors and the disabled, a top adviser to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.