Two major home care associations aren’t heeding the call for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 27, 2021
The nation’s two leading home care associations aren’t backing a national push for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare and long-term care workers.
FDA approves omicron-specific booster shots from Pfizer, Moderna
Aug 31, 2022
The vaccine advisory panel for the CDC is set to meet Thursday and Friday to discuss who should get the updated boosters.
FDA approves first RSV vaccine
May 03, 2023
Arexvy was ~82% effective in preventing RSV-induced lower respiratory tract infections in adults aged 60 or more years.
‘Game-changing’: Senior living giant Good Sam joins growing list of providers mandating COVID-19...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2021
The Sioux Falls, SD-based Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is the latest senior living and care organization — and one of the largest yet — to mandate COVID-19 vaccination as a condition...
With Flex for Checks, home care agencies lead the way in COVID-19 vaccination fight
By
Burgess Harrison
Oct 05, 2021
I am very pleased to report that as of Sept. 30 the Flex for Checks program has experienced a very successful initial launch, with more than 1,400 home care and home health agencies currently participating....
Senior living operators ‘incredibly agile and dedicated’ during COVID-19 pandemic: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 29, 2021
Senior living and care providers have been “incredibly agile and dedicated” during the pandemic, working 24 / 7 to keep residents safe, researchers concluded after interviews with operators about their...
Vaccine rollout linked to drop in severe COVID-19 in dialysis patients
Feb 28, 2022
And patients on maintenance dialysis who received COVID-19 vaccination had decreasing antibody titers over time.
Medicare drug price negotiations: A game-changer for seniors’ healthcare
By
Luka Yancopoulos
Nov 02, 2023
The relatively recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which among other provisions, allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, marks a monumental shift in senior healthcare in America.
Education, mandates, incentives drive high long-term care staff COVID-19 vaccination rates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s assisted living and other long-term care facilities are beating the odds — and national averages — by achieving an average 84% staff COVID-19 vaccination rate. Elsewhere, some providers...
COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector moves closer to reality
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 15, 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine mandate forecast to affect more than 80 million workers in private-sector businesses is inching closer to reality after the Labor Department submitted its initial text of an emergency...