Where you live might matter when it comes to COVID-19 infection rates: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 14, 2020
Positive COVID-19 cases and deaths were “substantially higher” in assisted living communities and nursing homes compared with home- and community-based settings, according to a recent study in JAMDA,...
Regulation in staffing, training may be needed to improve safety in assisted living: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 07, 2022
Assisted living direct care workers have significantly worse perceptions of patient safety culture than their administrators, requiring a renewed focus on quality in the industry, according to the results...
$10.5 million AMDA, CDC partnership aims to improve vaccination rates in senior living, other settings
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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...
As COVID-19 cases surge, ASHA announces support for vaccine mandates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 11, 2021
The American Seniors Housing Association has joined the growing chorus of industry groups offering support for COVID-19 vaccination mandates for long-term care residents and workers.
Assisted living communities close to hospitals more likely to use EDs for residents’ primary care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2023
Assisted living communities located close to hospitals are more likely to rely on emergency departments to provide non-emergency primary care rather than invest in onsite or on-call medical staff, according...
15 percent of off-label antipsychotic use in assisted living may be inappropriate, but nursing home reduction...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2021
The rate of potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in assisted living is 15% for antipsychotics and 21% for antianxiety medications, according to the authors of a new study published in JAMDA,...
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...
Senior living takes lead in COVID-19 vaccination mandates, holds breath on workforce effects
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2021
The senior living industry is leading corporate America in mandating COVID-19 vaccination, according to the Wall Street Journal.