Nursing Home COVID-19 Survivors Do Not Face Increased Risk of Death After Recovery: Study
Severe malnutrition and disability were better predictors of mortality, while getting the COVID-19 vaccine was linked to a better chance of survival.
Severe malnutrition and disability were better predictors of mortality, while getting the COVID-19 vaccine was linked to a better chance of survival.
Researchers report that persistent staffing issues in U.S. nursing homes are compromising the ability of facilities to implement effective infection controls.
Researchers indicate better traffic enforcement and infrastructure are needed to prevent pedestrian traffic fatalities, which remain high after spiking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Administrators say nursing home staffing shortages were already a problem at the start of the pandemic, as experienced staffers retired to avoid COVID-19 exposure.
More than 178,000 alcohol-related deaths occur every year in the United States, according to CDC researchers, which call for increasing alcohol taxes or reducing availability of alcohol delivery services that emerged during COVID-19.
Less than a quarter of U.S. nursing homes used temporary nursing staff before the COVID-19 pandemic, but nearly half used them in 2022, researchers found.
The risks associated with developing severe illness from COVID-19 are still more than 600 times higher than the potential health side effects from the vaccine, which have likely saved millions of lives, researchers noted.
The industry has opposed new nursing home staffing standards, claiming they will be too expensive, despite a massive death toll caused by a lack of staffing at long-term care facilities nationwide in recent years
Several states saw traffic fatalities increase in the first half of 2023, despite an overall national decrease compared to last year’s early projections.
The report found little benefit to increasing nursing home staffing to the proposed levels, indicating it would cost the industry billions of dollars.