Some nursing home residents, especially those without family nearby, have gone without a visit since March. While the rise in coronavirus cases across the state poses a physical threat, that isolation ...
Q: Social isolation is being added to the MDS this Oct. 1. How should we care plan this new item? A: Social isolation is a self-reported social determinant of health item coming to the Minimum Data ...
With the pandemic state of emergency coming to a close, and with flu season now flu-and-COVID-19 season, experts are shifting their focus to what we can learn from the experience and apply to future ...
After 70 years of marriage, the coronavirus tore Margie and Werner Stalbaum apart. But Margie, who was positive for COVID-19, wasn’t the one who died. It was Werner, of natural causes — and maybe of ...
ATLANTA — When was the last time you sent or received a card? A real paper card with a cute picture and sentimental saying? A group of friends scattered across the country hope you will do just that ...
"This is a secure location that will exclusively care for stable COVID-positive patients who reside at other long-term care facilities,” DeSantis said outside Dolphin Pointe in Jacksonville where the ...
Melody Taylor Stark would usually visit her husband twice a day at his Arcadia nursing home, sharing coffee and horoscopes on weekday mornings and having dinner together in the evening. Dr. William ...
About two years ago, Beverly Ketter’s husband was diagnosed with dementia. Still, the couple led an active life, Ketter said. Every Wednesday night, they would play cards with friends. Every Saturday, ...
Eileen Nagle sees her family in video chats and drive-by visits, but that hasn’t made up for the lack of warm hugs in the nine months since the pandemic led her nursing home to shut its doors to ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shortening the isolation time for health care workers who test positive for Covid-19, as it anticipates a surge in hospitalizations due to the ...
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