Acute hospital care at home shows promise for medically complex patients
Jan 08, 2024
At 30 days after discharge, the mortality rate was 3.2% and skilled nursing facility use rate was 2.6%.
US COVID-19 hospitalizations rise for fourth straight week
Aug 16, 2023
Cases occurring at nursing homes were also high. Severe COVID-19 recently seems to have been striking seniors ages 75 years and older most often.
Increasing staff vaccination at nursing homes cuts COVID-19 infections
Jan 05, 2023
An increase in vaccination rate was linked to fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents and cases among staff members.
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.
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.
COVID-19 cases surge again in U.S. nursing homes
Jan 18, 2022
During the week ending Jan. 9, U.S. nursing homes reported more than 32,000 cases and 645 deaths among their residents.
Employment of nurses decreased early in COVID-19 pandemic
Jan 04, 2022
Employment rebounded during the course of 2020, apart from nursing homes, where it remained lower in June 2021 than February 2020.
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.
~40 percent with confirmed COVID-19 are asymptomatic
Dec 14, 2021
The pooled percentage of asymptomatic infections was higher in nursing home residents and staff, air and cruise travelers, and pregnant women.
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.