CDC director overrules advisory panel, recommends COVID-19 boosters for healthcare workers as well as...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 24, 2021
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday endorsed boosters of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for long-term care residents and others 65 and older, frontline workers...
Earn 3 CE credits this Thursday at the McKnight’s Online Forum about COVID-19
Apr 21, 2020
COVID-19 will be the topic of three webinars at the first McKnight’s Online Forum, slated for this Thursday, April 23. Qualified attendees will be able to earn one continuing education credit for each...
COVID-19 leads NIC founder Bob Kramer to start new company to ‘rethink aging’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2020
Bob Kramer transitioned from CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care in mid-2017, becoming senior adviser to the organization he had co-founded in 1991. At the time, starting a...
Hear COVID-19 lessons from around the world on Wednesday
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 19, 2020
Senior living speakers from Singapore, France and other countries will share the lessons they have learned and will discuss how they are managing after the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in a free webinar...
New COVID-19 ‘heat map’ will arm providers in fight for PPE and testing, AMDA says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 29, 2020
Two associations behind a new “heat map” that visually conveys the prevalence of COVID-19 within assisted living communities and nursing homes across the country say it should help providers make the...
COVID-19 and senior care will be topic of March 25 webinar
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2020
Get up-to-the-minute information about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects, and learn evidence-based ways to protect residents from serious harm, at a free webinar on Wednesday,...
Act’s passage means more masks for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19, government says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 20, 2020
President Trump may or may not use the Defense Protection Act to compel the production of personal protective equipment that provider groups say are needed by healthcare workers treating those with coronavirus...
Solving COVID-19 challenges will be focus of Thursday webinar
Jun 16, 2020
“Solving Challenges Exacerbated by COVID-19” is the title of the second of three webinars that will be part of the fourth annual McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo this Thursday. The session will...
Wednesday, earn CE credits while learning COVID-19-related legal strategies, infection prevention
Jul 16, 2020
Legal matters and infection control are on the agenda for the McKnight’s Online Forum – Covid Update V. Two sessions are slated for Wednesday, July 22, with attendees able to earn one continuing education...
Operators using telehealth, live-streaming, video-chatting in this time of COVID-19
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2020
Senior living operators today have much more sophisticated technology at their disposal than did their predecessors, and they’re putting that technology to good use to help ensure the health and safety...