Antihypertensive meds initiation linked to fractures in nursing home seniors
Apr 23, 2024
Antihypertensive medication initiation also was linked to a higher risk for severe falls requiring hospitalization and emergency department visits.
U.S. nursing home deaths rise as delta spreads
Oct 04, 2021
The numbers of nursing home deaths are still down significantly from their peak in late 2020, but the 1,800 residents and staff who died in August from the virus was the highest number in six months.
CDC: Only half of U.S. nursing home residents have received boosters
Dec 14, 2021
By the end of October, only about a quarter of fully vaccinated nursing home residents had received a booster.
Biden to propose overhaul of U.S. nursing homes
Mar 01, 2022
Plan will include 20 separate actions to improve nursing home quality
Antiepileptic med use increasing in nursing home residents with dementia
Nov 10, 2022
The two most common, valproic acid and gabapentin, are being used in clinically distinct ways.
Staff size, COVID-19 outcomes linked at skilled nursing facilities
Jul 16, 2021
Conventional measures of staff quality, including direct care staff-to-resident ratio did not predict COVID-19 cases, deaths.
Tougher federal penalties to come for failing nursing homes
Oct 24, 2022
New penalties will apply to fewer than 0.5 percent of U.S. nursing homes that are already designated as a ‘special focus facility’
Nursing homes with more Black residents have higher health care utilization
Jun 22, 2023
The authors say that the lower use of registered nurses likely drives differences in hospitalization and emergency department use.
Fourth dose of BNT162b2 prevents severe COVID-19 in nursing home residents
Jun 27, 2022
Substantial protection against hospitalizations and deaths seen among nursing home residents during the omicron surge.
Feds to investigate overuse of antipsychotic drugs by nursing homes
Jan 18, 2023
US health officials are cracking down on the inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs to sedate patients in nursing homes.