The nursing home industry is awash in ineffective care and staffing shortages, claims a new report that calls for sweeping changes in an industry whose failures have only been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Apr 7, 2022
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Paid home care workers are helping patients manage chronic conditions and promoting general and mental health—going well beyond the personal care contributions for which they have been historically associated, according ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Computer simulations showing how patients and staff move around inside hospitals are helping civil engineers make modifications to help control the transmission of COVID-19.
Sep 7, 2021
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Care homes need to be vigilant for outbreaks of COVID-19, even after residents have received two doses of the vaccine, according to new research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious ...
Jul 12, 2021
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In The BMJ today, experts argue that mandatory vaccination is "unnecessary, disproportionate, and misguided."
Jul 7, 2021
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The UK government has announced that COVID-19 vaccination will become mandatory for staff working in care homes for older people in England. Staff will be given 16 weeks to get the vaccine. If they don't get the jab, they ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Almost a year ago, in July 2020, our calls for the government to urgently upgrade the guidelines to protect health workers from airborne SARS-CoV-2 fell on deaf ears.
Jun 17, 2021
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People in nursing homes have been suffering in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic, with their institutions in constant lockdown to prevent potentially fatal outbreaks.
Jan 19, 2021
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The Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines could be approved in a matter of weeks, but who in the United States will get them first?
Dec 1, 2020
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A coordinated program to combat anti-vaxx misinformation and encourage confidence in a COVID-19 vaccine is essential if a take-up target of eight in ten people in the UK is to be achieved, according Oxford Professor Melinda ...
Nov 10, 2020
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