Protecting senior living residents from respiratory viruses means educating the community around them
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 11, 2024
When it comes to increasing vaccination rates against respiratory viruses, it’s not only important to educate senior living residents about the value of vaccines; it’s also important to educate their...
COVID-19 continues to affect leading causes of death in US: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered the rankings of the leading causes of death in the United States in 2020, and although COVID ranks lower on the list of causes in 2023, its effects continue to be...
More news for Friday, May 6
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 06, 2022
Proposal would allow DE assisted living providers to fire workers who don’t get flu shots … Government considers milk mandate to help prevent falls, but assisted living providers wonder who will pay...
CDC offers guidelines on handling ‘twindemic’ of coronavirus, flu in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 04, 2020
As influenza season gears up at a time when assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities are still reeling from a global pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering...
More news for Monday, Aug. 22
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 22, 2022
Newly launched Endeavor Senior Living plans to invest $500 million into properties … Insurer to pay $26 million for insurance law violations affecting long-term care insurance … PA launches investigative...
‘Tripledemic’ is hurting census growth: NIC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2022
The pace of move-ins in senior housing and care organizations continued to hold steady, but a “triplememic” of viral respiratory infections is creating a disconnect between move-in rates and higher...
‘Take flu out of the equation,’ get vaccinated during pandemic, public health officials advise
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 02, 2020
Concerned about a dual outbreak of influenza and COVID-19 this winter, public health officials recommended Thursday that long-term care workers and residents — and others — “take flu out of the equation”...
Senior living providers should follow CDC’s new ‘unified’ recommendations for COVID, flu, RSV
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 04, 2024
Senior living providers should follow the updated respiratory virus isolation recommendations issued Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to provider advocacy organizations.
For the first time, vaccines are available for all 3 viruses targeting older adults
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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...
Flu season ramping up with variant identified as dangerous to older adults: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 03, 2021
This year’s flu season is gaining traction with a strain that is especially dangerous for older adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.