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Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic, watchdog says

June 22, 2021 32%, deaths, home, in, nursing, up

New York task force report slams Cuomo nursing home order Fox News Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean on the media fawning

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Dementia risk escalates with the number and severity of strokes

March 11, 2021 aging, Blood, brain, Dementia, Diabetes, Disability, heart, Ischemic Stroke, medicine, nursing, pH, research, Stroke

Having an ischemic stroke increases dementia risk, and that risk escalates with the number and severity of strokes, according to

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COVID-19 vaccine distribution hits hurdle at nursing homes with staff refusing shots, CDC report finds

February 2, 2021 (COVID-19), at, CDC, distribution, finds, hits, Homes, hurdle, nursing, refusing, report, Shots, staff, vaccine, with

CDC teams up with CVS, Walgreens to help distribute COVID vaccines to nursing homes Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas reports.

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Generous parental leave leads to staff shortages, nursing home deaths

January 28, 2021 deaths, Generous, home, leads, leave, nursing, parental, Shortages, staff, to

A new paper in the Review of Economic Studies, published by Oxford University Press, finds that a generous parental leave

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Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for nursing mothers?

January 12, 2021 (COVID-19), for, is, Mothers', nursing, safe, the, vaccine

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) does not recommend cessation of breastfeeding for individuals who are vaccinated against COVID-19. In

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COVID-19 vaccine can’t come too soon for nursing homes, but many questions remain

December 9, 2020 (COVID-19), but, can't, Come, for, Homes, Many, nursing, Questions, remain, soon, too, vaccine

Lynne Katzmann, whose company runs 22 long-term care facilities in Colorado, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, knows what she will do

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Nursing home COVID-19 cases rise four-fold in surge states

November 12, 2020 (COVID-19), cases, four-fold, home, in, nursing, Rise, States, Surge

Despite Trump administration efforts to erect a protective shield around nursing homes, coronavirus cases are surging within facilities in states

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Underestimated occupational hazard: Why nurses are so often the victims of sexual Assault

May 28, 2020 assault, Caregiver, Harassment, nursing, sexual assault

There are moments that burn themselves indelibly in our memory. One of those moments meets Anna* up today with anger.

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Preventing suicide in nursing homes is possible. Here are 3 things we can do to make a start

January 21, 2020 3, A, Are, Can, do, Here, Homes, in, is, Make, nursing, possible, preventing, start, suicide, Things, to, we

Suicide among nursing home residents is a major concern. Between 2000 and 2013, around 140 Australian nursing home residents took

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Study calls for forensic nursing exams to include concussion evaluation

October 23, 2019 calls, Concussion, evaluation, exams, for, forensic, include, nursing, study, to

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are not evaluated during standard forensic nursing exams following a domestic violence assault, strangulation or rape.

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