New studies have reported that at least one flu vaccination was associated with a 17 percent reduction in Alzheimer’s incidence.

The observance is sponsored by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and recognizes the role of skilled nursing centers in caring for America’s seniors and individuals with

Decisions made during the pandemic could have a lasting impact on nursing staff.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a nightmare for everyone associated with nursing facilities, with the most severe devastation landing on their residents.

While long term and post-acute care (LT/PAC) providers have reconfigured their approach to technology to help meet the new demands of COVID-19, vendor partners have stepped up to the challenge.

Prior to COVID-19, long term and post-acute care were at different stages of adopting telehealth technology—while some had only discussed the possibility, others had selected a vendor partner and were close to implementing strategies.

A recent report found that African Americans accounted for a higher share of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, compared with their fair share of the total population.

The Centers for Disease Control is hosting training webinars for providers this week Monday and Tuesday on the COVID-19 impact on residents and staff and what facilities can do. For details, go to CDC NHSN website.

Since first being reported as a significant health problem in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, COVID-19 has since spread in every direction, leading the World Health Organization to officially label the incurable virus a pandemic in March 2020.

Providers need to have a plan in place to isolate residents who test positive and follow guidance from CDC for staff who test positive.