In some parts of the U.S., the next round of COVID related illnesses are already here. Other parts of the country are bracing themselves so that they can handle it in a better fashion than they did during the first wave. Senior care … [Read more...]
What Do Layoffs Mean for the Care Business?
Recently, a major senior care service based out of Tennessee announced that they would be laying off over 150 of their employees. This included care professionals, caregivers, and others. This particular service currently serves about 135 … [Read more...]
How the Coronavirus is Addressing the Future of Care
The novel coronavirus has hit the senior population hard. We’ve all seen the news reports and we’ve all heard the scary side of the disease. While we know at this point that the disease can have terrible consequences on vulnerable … [Read more...]
Care Workers Feeling the Brunt of the Pandemic
The pandemic has hit us as a country hard. It can be easy to semi-dismiss this and say something like, “everyone’s being hit hard. Just because I’m stressed and tired doesn’t mean that I have it bad. Everyone’s in the same boat.” And while … [Read more...]
What is Contact Tracing?
Contact tracing is one of the new buzzwords that has emerged out of the COVID-19 pandemic. But what is it? Contact tracing relies on Bluetooth technology and mobile devices. Ordinarily, your phone is safe and isolated from … [Read more...]
Improving Virtual Health Care
Over the last few months, the need for virtual care has grown exponentially. COVID-19 has pushed us all way out of our normal routine and has required us to live our lives in different ways. We’ve had to acquire new skills and adopt new … [Read more...]
One Way to Help Senior Care Companies Grow
Senior care companies have been hit hard by the recent pandemic. Many are just now starting to emerge from the other side of the damage that COVID-19 has done to the safety of residents and staff. Many are still in the middle of this … [Read more...]
Helping to Make Nursing Homes Safer Places
Recently, a Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes was put together to help ensure that some of the tragedies that were experienced because of poor regulation and follow through in nursing homes across the United … [Read more...]
Fewer Nursing Homes in the Future?
Many senior care experts believe that in the future, there will be far fewer nursing homes in the United States. COVID-19 has hit nursing homes and other senior care facilities hard, especially because the elderly are far more vulnerable to … [Read more...]
What Japan is Doing Right
All across the U.S., senior care homes have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus. We have seen a disturbingly large number of people pass away from this disease, and unfortunately, a lot of the signs point to the fact that many of these … [Read more...]
Senior Care Workers Struggling with Demands of COVID-19
We have all heard about the complications that seniors face when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. The elderly are at a much higher risk of complications from the illness and this can result in death with a higher likelihood than others in … [Read more...]
Stroke Risk is Very Low in COVID Patients
A study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that those individuals that were hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms were much less likely to suffer from a stroke than those that were not seen in a … [Read more...]
