Safe holiday celebrations start with COVID-19 vaccination, boosters: expert
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 14, 2021
With the threat of increasing COVID-19 cases due to variants coming amid the backdrop of holiday gatherings, one long-term care medical expert is urging people to roll up their sleeves to protect older...
Start planning now to secure, administer COVID-19 booster shots: LeadingAge
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 25, 2021
Unlike the initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care providers in late 2020 and early 2021, providers will be on their own to secure access to and administer booster doses, which are expected...
Fully vaccinated assisted living residents, workers can resume group activities, communal dining: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2021
Fully vaccinated assisted living residents can resume group activities and communal dining without masking or observing social distancing restrictions, according to new guidance released Tuesday by the...
Studies of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers receive $11 million
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 19, 2021
Two studies have received an $11 million funding bump to find ways to reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers.
After Supreme Court stay on COVID vaccination mandate, senior living industry touts own inoculation efforts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2022
In the wake of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reinstated a stay against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100...
Increase vaccination uptake with focus on ‘movable middle’: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2021
Senior living operators looking to increase staff COVID-19 vaccine uptake should focus their efforts on the “movable middle” by making vaccination easy, building trust in vaccine safety and offering...
Senior living COVID vaccine ambassador: ‘We have the tools to help solve this issue; we should use...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 05, 2021
When Miles Lee took a job last fall in long-term care, he didn’t know his optimism over a vaccine for a deadly pandemic would put him front and center in helping his peers deal with vaccine hesitancy.
Pandemic effects linger, requiring adjustments on visitation, staffing: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2021
With its first COVID-19 vaccination booster clinic on the calendar for next week, one Washington, D.C.-based long-term care provider said its staff and residents are lining up after seeing the results...
Industry awaits long-term care-specific guidance as CDC relaxes restrictions for fully vaccinated people
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2021
Long-term care industry groups said they welcome Monday’s release of interim public health recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how fully vaccinated individuals...
Biden administration could withhold funds from long-term care providers to encourage worker vaccination
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2021
Biden administration officials are considering withholding funds from long-term-care providers that they say aren’t doing enough to encourage employee vaccinations, according to unnamed sources quoted...