Assisted living residents with dementia had higher all-cause mortality during pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 11, 2022
Assisted living residents with dementia were more likely to die from any cause in the early months of the pandemic than assisted living residents without dementia, a new study has found.
Require COVID-19 vaccination of all long-term care workers: Experts reach consensus
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2021
The evidence-based verdict from LTC doctors and a range of other specialists: healthcare institutions and facilities — including long-term care facilities — should require that their personnel be vaccinated...
CDC quantifies coronavirus’s heavy toll on assisted living
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 20, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the assisted living industry, according to a new analysis of state and local data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.