Care home residents infected with the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 are half as likely to be admitted to hospital compared to residents infected with the delta variant, suggest preliminary findings from the Vivaldi study ...
Jan 27, 2022
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(HealthDay)—As COVID-19 cases surge nationwide, only about half of fully vaccinated nursing home residents have received a vaccine booster dose, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
Dec 14, 2021
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Elderly care home residents who have previously contracted and survived COVID-19 develop much stronger and higher antibody and cellular immune responses to two doses of vaccination than those without prior natural infection, ...
Dec 10, 2021
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The largest study of care homes in the UK, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that a co-ordinated approach to fall prevention in care homes is effective in significantly reducing the number of times ...
Dec 7, 2021
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A major new randomized controlled trial will investigate the effectiveness of air filtration systems in preventing respiratory infections (such as coughs, colds and flu) and COVID-19 among care home residents in England. ...
Oct 21, 2021
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Cyprus will give COVID-19 booster jabs to those over 65 and care home residents whose full vaccination is more than six months old, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said Thursday.
Sep 2, 2021
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Healthcare workers have been gradually coming around to COVID-19 vaccines, with one-third more people vaccinated since earlier in the year, but 27 percent of them are still unvaccinated, and 15 percent of the unvaccinated ...
Aug 18, 2021
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More than 130,500 nursing home residents have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic arrived in the United States—20% of all known American deaths.
Aug 13, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The Biden administration has reversed a Trump policy that limited the size of fines that U.S. nursing homes could be slapped with for violating safety standards.
Jul 30, 2021
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With COVID-19 on the rise again and many nursing home staffers unvaccinated, families still lack easy access to crucial Medicare immunization data that will help them pick the right facility for their loved one.
Jul 14, 2021
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