Long-Term Care

HHS has announced funding of approximately $15 million for a 3-year federal grant to establish a program to strengthen behavioral health care for residents in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

Long-term care facilities in the United States have a high burden of norovirus outbreaks, which result in a significant number of deaths and hospitalizations, according to CDC surveillance data.

Before choosing a glaucoma fellowship, consider the long-term nature of the subspecialty and the changing paradigms in management philosophy, according to a speaker at the virtual Real World Ophthalmology meeting.

A multipronged intervention that consisted of a two-part surveillance program and rapid investigations led to a “swift identification and containment” of Candida auris in part of California, researchers wrote.

The AAP published updated guidelines on the long-term care of children, adolescents and young adults who survived childhood cancer.

A physician’s concerns about long-term care typically increase over time – with many beginning to focus on this type of planning in their 50s or early 60s.

Long-term care facilities’ frequent location in socially isolated neighborhoods increased risk for 30-day all-cause mortality among residents, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers found that a large percentage of staff in skilled nursing facilities with access to a COVID-19 vaccination clinic have not been vaccinated, raising concerns about vaccine hesitancy.

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living are urging governors and public health authorities to prioritize residents and staff of long-term care facilities in the first wave of COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Older adults are among the most vulnerable populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for eight out of 10 deaths from the virus in the United States, according to the CDC.