Affinity Living Group dominates on CDC Influenza Vaccination Honor Roll
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 23, 2019
Affinity Living Group accounts for 100 of the 130 long-term care facilities on the Influenza Vaccination Honor Roll of the Immunization Action Coalition, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and...
Mandating seasonal flu vaccinations in the workplace in the time of COVID-19
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Patricia Goodson
James Bobbitt
Oct 26, 2020
The issue of mandatory vaccinations in the workplace is becoming increasingly relevant as medical experts in the U.S. anticipate that a COVID-19 vaccine will be available for distribution to the general...
Mandate flu vaccination for long-term care workers and residents, group recommends
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2018
Assisted living organizations and other long-term care employers should mandate flu vaccination for staff members and make vaccination a condition of employment for workers, according to experts convened...
Affinity Living Group mandates flu vaccines for company’s 4,000 employees
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Lois A. Bowers
May 16, 2019
The organization said it is the first long-term care provider in North Carolina to provide mandatory employee vaccinations on this scale.
EEOC files lawsuit after workers are fired for not getting flu shots
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2016
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday that it is suing a health system for not granting accommodations to six employees who objected to its flu vaccination policy on religious...
Signature HealthCARE’s new flu vaccine policy will affect everyone in every facility
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 29, 2019
A new influenza vaccination policy announced Wednesday by Louisville, KY-based Signature HealthCARE will apply to all employees, residents, patients, volunteers, vendors and others in any of the organization’s...
$10.5 million AMDA, CDC partnership aims to improve vaccination rates in senior living, other settings
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 21, 2021
A five-year, $10.5 million agreement between AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the federal government will try to improve vaccination rates among residents and staff members...
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...
‘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”...
CDC issues flu vaccination guidelines for 2018-2019
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2018
As the senior housing industry prepares for another flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has issued its influenza vaccination...