Vitamin D is known to protect brain health, and vitamin D deficiency has been linked to cognitive impairment and decline. However, vitamin D supplements do not offer any significant improvement for brain health in individuals at risk for dementia, a...
Long-term care residents and frontline employees are at high risk of illness from infections, yet only 8% of these employees get vaccinated for COVID-19 and 45% for influenza, studies show.
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...
