This year’s flu statistics are scary. Vaccination could protect you, co-workers, residents and the livelihood of your senior living community.
CDC: 2018–2019 flu season sets record for length
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2019
The 2018–2019 flu season isn’t over but already has set a record, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in its weekly flu report.
Life expectancy decreasing, CDC says
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
Life expectancy in the United States decreased in both 2015 and 2016, marking the only decreases in the past 20 years and the first consecutive two-year decline since 1964, according to a new report from...
FDA approves a new flu drug for first time in almost 20 years
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2018
The FDA’s approval of a new flu treatment preceded the release of independent study results indicating that only 41% of U.S. older adults have been vaccinated this year. Antiviral drugs are not a...
Severe outcomes reduced in those who receive flu vaccine but still become ill, study finds
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 03, 2018
The flu vaccine cannot prevent all cases of the respiratory illness, but it appears to reduce severe outcomes — intensive care unit admissions and death — among those who are vaccinated but still become...
Promote flu vaccination among staff, residents, health officials say
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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, occupancy less challenging for NHI, leaders say
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2018
The severe flu season and supply issues that seem to be affecting occupancy among some senior living operators don’t appear to be having as much of an effect in National Health Investors’ portfolio,...
LTC Properties ‘not sitting here waiting’ for Brookdale’s next move, CEO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2022
With Brookdale Senior Living’s lease with real estate investment trust LTC Properties up in 2023 and rumors swirling that the Brentwood, TN-based senior living operator is shopping for a buyer, the Westlake...
Welltower hopes Brookdale gets ‘back to the basics’
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2018
Welltower executives said that they hope Brookdale Senior Living can focus on fundamentals now that the company has announced turnaround plans that include a management shake-up in the wake of the rejection...
Big senior living stories of 2022
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2022
Here are some of the major stories that affected senior living providers in 2022.