Fighting the biggest threats to older adult health and wellness
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2023
Two toolkits are out to help senior living providers and others address some of the biggest threats to older adult health and wellness: influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, COVID-19 and falls.
Successfully resolve to increase COVID, flu vaccination in the new year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2024
If one of your new year’s resolutions is to increase influenza and COVID-19 vaccination among residents and staff members in 2024, results of a new research study published in JAMA Network Open provides...
Promote flu vaccination among staff, residents, health officials say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2015
This year’s vaccine should be more effective than last year’s vaccine, health officials said at a Sept. 17 press conference, and senior living communities have an important role to play in...
Your flu to-do list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 05, 2016
It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week, and senior living communities can take steps to encourage vaccination among residents and staff members.
CDC data confirm: Flu season set records
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 08, 2018
Newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm what senior living operators have been reporting anecdotally: The 2017-2018 flu season was severe and, in some ways, record-setting.
Flu, occupancy less challenging for NHI, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2018
The severe flu season and supply issues that seem to be affecting occupancy among some senior living operators don’t appear to be having as much of an effect in National Health Investors’ portfolio,...
The results of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases’ 2023 national survey of attitudes about influenza, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus and pneumococcal disease are raising concerns...
LTC Properties ‘not sitting here waiting’ for Brookdale’s next move, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2022
With Brookdale Senior Living’s lease with real estate investment trust LTC Properties up in 2023 and rumors swirling that the Brentwood, TN-based senior living operator is shopping for a buyer, the Westlake...
Flu initiative results in ‘significant reductions’ in illness, deaths, Capital Senior Living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2018
Capital Senior Living’s first national public health initiative to better protect residents from the effects of the flu resulted in “significant reductions in infections, hospitalizations and...
HCP continues to shed Brookdale communities from portfolio
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2018
Real estate investment trust HCP is selling six Brookdale Senior Living properties to Brookdale and selling or transitioning 68 other Brookdale properties to other operators, REIT executives said Tuesday...