Vaccination
Report: Many US nursing home staff decline first COVID shots
A little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting COVID-19 vaccines when the shots are first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday.
Jan 31, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lilly: Drug can prevent COVID-19 illness in nursing homes
Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Thursday its antibody drug can prevent COVID-19 illness in residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care locations.
Jan 21, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
If a nursing home resident gets a COVID shot, can their families visit them now?
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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Vaccination
UK expands virus vaccination campaign to over-70s
Britain on Monday extended its coronavirus vaccination campaign to people over the age of 70, as new, tougher restrictions for all arrivals to the country came into force.
Jan 18, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents
The urgency of vaccinating nursing home residents is evident in the numbers. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 136,000 residents and employees of long-term care facilities in the U.S. alone, accounting ...
Jan 15, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
CDC describes COVID-19 trends in nursing home residents, staff
(HealthDay)—Among residents and staff members in U.S. nursing homes, the rates of COVID-19 increased in June and July, then decreased by September, and increased again by late November, paralleling trends in surrounding ...
Jan 14, 2021
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Vaccination
Spanish judge orders elderly woman to get virus jab
A Spanish judge has ordered a resident of a retirement home to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus despite her daughter's objections, according to a court ruling made public Wednesday.
Jan 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
England opens mass vaccination sites as virus spike fears spread
Seven mass coronavirus vaccination sites opened across England Monday as the government raced to dose millions of people while a new strain of the disease runs rampant across the country.
Jan 11, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for elders
Not once in the long months since the pandemic struck has 74-year-old Jean-Francois been able to leave his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister.
Dec 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In California, COVID death rate higher for people with IDD living in congregate settings
A new study published recently in ScienceDirect by researchers from Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University shows that California residents who receive services for intellectual and development disabilities ...
Dec 9, 2020
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