Five Star, DispatchHealth launch clinical collaboration for senior living residents
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 20, 2021
Five Star Senior Living independent living, assisted living and memory care residents will receive on-demand acute care via the operator’s collaboration with DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical...
Five Star residents to receive home care via new collaboration
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
Newton, MA-based Five Star Senior Living will bring on-demand, acute medical care directly to its independent living, assisted living and memory care community residents through a new collaboration with...
Itepekimab bests placebo for moderate-to-severe asthma
Oct 28, 2021
The incidence of events indicating a loss of asthma control was lower with itepekimab monotherapy in a phase 2, proof-of-concept trial.
Asthma, COPD tied to worse COVID-19 outcomes
Sep 02, 2021
Patients with active asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in the Journal of Allergy and...
Less than 1 percent of COVID-19 patients experience reinfection
Jun 28, 2021
Symptoms of severe disease are less frequent with reinfection, although death can occur.
Responsible control of public health pests is essential during the COVID-19 response
By
Joseph Latino
Jul 23, 2020
Using well-established COVID-19 hygiene guidelines to treat senior living communities while implementing preventive programs will significantly reduce the problems caused by public health pests.
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
Frontline workers must be priority for COVID-19 resources, groups say; Juniper to test all residents,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2020
The safety and well-being of frontline workers in senior living and skilled nursing must be prioritized in order to ensure that older adults receive the care they need and that the spread of COVID-19 is...
19% of older adults don’t plan to get flu vaccine: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 09, 2019
Nineteen percent of people aged 60 or more years do not plan to get vaccinated against influenza this year, according to a new AmeriSpeak Spotlight on Health survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.
CDC report updates profile of assisted living residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2019
Bathing is the most common activity of daily living with which residents of assisted living or similar residential communities need help, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control...