COVID-19 vaccinesDELIRIUMNURSING home residentsA brief article is presented that discusses cases of delirium among older adults in nursing homes following uptake of the COVID-19 vaccination.doi:10.1111/jgs.17814Wingyun MakAbena A. PrempehEva M. Schmitt...
Beijing will provide COVID-19 vaccinations (接种疫苗) for certain groups in nursing homes, including the elderly and caregivers, on a voluntary basis to prevent a renewed outbreak at nursing homes during autumn and winter, the local government said. Those who will receive the vaccines include nur...
The rate of influenza vaccination was also low among nursing home personnel, but four times higher than uptake of the new COVID-19 vaccines, the researchers reported inMMWR. COVID-19 vaccination rates were low among acute-care and nursing home staff last season.Image: Adobe Stock Dozens...
In just the past three weeks, Biden has forced millions offederal workers to attest to their vaccination statusor face onerous new requirements, with even stricter requirements for federal workers in frontline health roles, and his administration has moved towardmandating vaccines for the mi...
The group, which represents more than 14 000 nursing homes and assisted living communities, appealed to the governors to make nursing home residents and staff “the highest priority” for vaccines. Despite stringent measures that have been put in place to screen and test staff, the industry gr...
The CMS has previously required nursing homes to make COVID-19 vaccines available to their residents and staff, although booster shots are not mandatory.
Biden to require COVID vaccines for nursing home staff 1 of 2 | President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021, on the COVID-19 response and vaccination program. U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to offer C...
In just the past three weeks, Biden has forced millions of federal workers to attest to their vaccination status or face onerous new requirements, with even stricter requirements for federal workers in frontline health roles, and his administration has moved toward mandating vaccines for t...
The researchers said other factors could have played a role. Nursing home residents were among the first to receive the vaccines, while their delivery was not as well coordinated for those at home. Loneliness and social isolation also likely played a role for those remaining in the community, ...
The researchers note that recent data shows that COVID vaccination can reduce the risk of long COVID. So the experience of the patients in their study (who mostly caught COVID before vaccines were available) may not match what is happening today in vaccinated nursing home residents. "This is...