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As of November 12th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated its guidelines for visitors to nursing homes. This comes after over a year of rules and regulations that have been viewed as controversial by many, especially … [Read more...]
Regular readers of this blog know that the care shortage has been a main topic of discussion for years, even before the word “coronavirus” was in our vocabulary. While the pandemic exposed a lot of weaknesses in the care system, including … [Read more...]
We are almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. Although we’ve seen improvements in some aspects, the virus is still very real and still very dangerous. Luckily, we’re learning more everyday about it. A recently published article in the … [Read more...]
More and more, we are seeing that one of the main reasons why nursing homes were hit so hard by the COVID-19 pandemic was because of poor organization and oversight. As you’re probably aware, nursing homes accounted for about half of all of … [Read more...]
During the pandemic, we saw something happen in the senior care industry that has been brewing for many years. In mass numbers, something that has been a simmering, smaller scale problem for years burst into the international spotlight in a … [Read more...]
We all know that the pandemic has been hard on the senior citizen community. Nursing homes were hit the hardest by COVID-19 and the vast majority of people that lost their lives to the virus were elderly. This has led to a renewed sense of … [Read more...]
The pandemic and the spotlight that it has placed on how senior citizens are treated has provided a jolt to the care industry. Many new companies are entering this line of business, but we shouldn’t expect all of them to provide the highest … [Read more...]
The senior care industry is growing. Not only is the amount of services like nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and in-home care growing, but other sectors are expanding to include the prevalence of senior citizens within our … [Read more...]
More and more often, we are seeing editorial pieces indicating that the major failing of senior care during the COVID-19 pandemic was because of the for profit side of care. Critics of this model say that senior care is too difficult to … [Read more...]
Lately, the concept of resiliency has become a hot topic in the world of trauma informed care. Resiliency is a term that covers a lot of things, but basically, it refers to an inner strength or a desire to keep pushing through something … [Read more...]
A good senior care service is willing to go above and beyond to help the people that they serve. The last year and change has pushed this concept to a new extreme. COVID-19 and the ensuing pandemic has changed care permanently, and has … [Read more...]
The issue of isolation isn’t a new one for seniors. This has been an ongoing problem for a long time, and it has had a profound impact on the mental and physical health of seniors. Isolation tends to exacerbate not just mental … [Read more...]
