Measles has reemerged in the United States, with outbreaks reported in multiple states, primarily in areas with low vaccination rates and particularly among unvaccinated children. Although most long-term care (LTC) residents are likely immune to...
As many of us working in post-acute and long-term care know, the risk of infections in our communities is high. A frail resident population with weakened immune systems and multimorbidity, shared living spaces and close proximity of staff and...
We asked Julia Bellantoni, MD, a participant in the Futures Program at PALTC25, the annual conference of the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed), a few questions about her experience.
Providers continue to face new and multiple obstacles in their attempts to vaccinate residents of long-term care facilities against respiratory-related illnesses. Challenges with the accuracy of information available to the public are one of the...
In March, we observed the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, commemorating when New York City became the epicenter of the outbreak in this country, resulting in an unprecedented wave of death from this new illness, especially among frail...
