For the first time, vaccines are available for all 3 viruses targeting older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2023
COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus cases are increasing, and the height of influenza season is on the horizon, but older adults and long-term care staff members are entering the first virus season...
Federal regulation threat, new COVID funding, liability protections top issues facing senior living:...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
An interim rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is “concerning” because it could lead to expanded federal regulation of assisted living, according to a speaker Wednesday on an Argentum...
COVID-19 vaccinations: ‘It’s about the people we live around,’ expert says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 29, 2022
Although experts expect that the United States will see an increase in COVID-19 infections and cases throughout the winter, they are optimistic that vaccines, antiviral medications and natural immunity...
First needle-free COVID-19 vaccines receive approval in India, China
Sep 07, 2022
Nasal and inhaled vaccines place doses directly where the virus enters the body, such as in the nose or mouth.
Despite evidence that the flu hurts seniors, digital “nudges” like texts or emails aren’t really enough to move the needle on vaccine rates.
A restart to life — in fits and starts
By
Liza Berger
Mar 12, 2021
If the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidance to vaccinated people in non-healthcare settings is intended to be a nudge, it appears that the federal government still has work to do.
For dialysis recipients, antibody response lowest with Ad26.COV2.S
Oct 27, 2021
Ad26.COV2.S is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19. Patients receiving the attenuated adenovirus vaccine are more likely to have no seroconversion and no detectable or diminished IgG response.
COVID-19 hospitalization rates higher in unvaccinated during omicron
Sep 14, 2022
Hospitalization rates were 2.5 times higher for vaccinated patients without booster versus those with a booster.
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...
Employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates significantly increase uptake with little effect on staffing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2023
An employee mandate led to a “significant” increase in COVID-19 vaccine uptake with little effect on staffing in a multi-state network of continuing care retirement communities studied by researchers,...