Amid growing cases of COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy continues to plague home care sector
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 21, 2021
As the number of COVID-19 cases spikes in nearly every state, National Association for Home Care and Hospice President William Dombi told McKnight’s Home Care Daily vaccine hesitancy remains a challenge...
Business briefs, July 21
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2021
Wesley Enhanced Living announces COVID-19 vaccine requirement for employees at its six Philadelphia-area properties … New York lawmaker proposes frailty index to evaluate nursing homes … 21 PA nursing...
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines effectively prevent infection in VA population
Jul 20, 2021
Vaccine effectiveness was 96.2% for Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and 98.2% for Moderna mRNA-1273.
Providers face legal backlash from vaccine mandates for employees
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2021
As a growing number of healthcare providers are mandating that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs, workers are beginning to respond with protests and lawsuits.
Studies of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers receive $11 million
By
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.
CDC advisers to discuss third COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunocompromised
Jul 16, 2021
Booster shots have become a hot topic since Pfizer-BioNTech said last week it would seek EUA for a third shot of its two-dose vaccine. Britain plans to start giving booster shots in September, first to...
Blacks, Latinx skeptical about COVID-19 vaccine, study says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 16, 2021
Black and Latinx people have been more proactive than other races about seeking information about COVID-19, wearing masks and getting tested for the virus
Reporting COVID vaccination data to CMS would be ‘burdensome,’ ‘redundant’ for assisted living,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 14, 2021
Requiring assisted living providers to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government would add administrative and cost burdens to operators already challenged by the pandemic and even...
Family, friends and personal physicians can change minds of vaccine-hesitant, study finds
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 14, 2021
Family, friends and primary care physicians can have a huge influence on those who are vaccine-hesitant, according to a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Trinity Health mandates COVID-19 vaccine for employees, contractors
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 12, 2021
Trinity Health has joined the growing number of healthcare providers providers requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Taking it a step further, the national health system will...