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...
Flu vaccination cuts older adults’ dementia odds by 40 percent over 4 years
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 27, 2022
Older adults with no signs of dementia and at least one flu vaccination were 40% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease within the next four years than their unvaccinated peers, according to a new...
Study backs training to boost vaccine confidence in LTC sector on eve of vaccine rollout
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2023
Senior living and care community operators have an opportunity to proactively support methods shown to boost worker vaccination levels as a new COVID-19 vaccine is readied, researchers say.
On-site clinics help increase vaccine uptake in assisted living; booster policy focuses on long-term...
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Alicia Lasek
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2021
Ensuring steady access to COVID-19 vaccines is crucial to maintaining high vaccination rates among assisted living residents and staff members during the pandemic, suggest the results of a newly published...