$10.5 million AMDA, CDC partnership aims to improve vaccination rates in senior living, other settings
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 21, 2021
A five-year, $10.5 million agreement between AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the federal government will try to improve vaccination rates among residents and staff members...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Mandate flu vaccination for long-term care workers and residents, group recommends
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2018
Assisted living organizations and other long-term care employers should mandate flu vaccination for staff members and make vaccination a condition of employment for workers, according to experts convened...
Flu initiative results in ‘significant reductions’ in illness, deaths, Capital Senior Living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2018
Capital Senior Living’s first national public health initiative to better protect residents from the effects of the flu resulted in “significant reductions in infections, hospitalizations and...
Study: Flu shots may offer senior living communities a competitive advantage
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2018
Senior living communities that successfully encourage flu vaccination among staff members may have a marketing advantage over competing communities, suggests new research into consumer preferences.
Healthcare peers still top long-term care workers in flu vaccination
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2017
More long-term care workers than not are getting vaccinated against the flu, but they are less likely than other healthcare workers to get the shot, according to new data released Thursday by the Centers...
More news for Friday, March 3
Mar 02, 2017
China’s Cindat plans to buy $2 billion of U.S. senior care homes … CMS nominee Verma moves toward confirmation … Average salary increase for multi-facility long-term care CEOs is $25,000...
Flu vaccination up among LTC workers, down among older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2016
The good news, public health officials said at a press conference Thursday, is that influenza vaccination is up among those working in long-term care settings. The bad news is that one-third of adults...
Promote flu vaccination among staff, residents, health officials say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2015
This year’s vaccine should be more effective than last year’s vaccine, health officials said at a Sept. 17 press conference, and senior living communities have an important role to play in...
Flu shots work, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 26, 2015
As National Immunization Awareness Month comes to a close, a newly published study by Brown University researchers confirms that older adults benefit from influenza vaccination—with an important caveat.