vaccinations

AARP Public Policy Institute’s Nursing Home Dashboard has tracked and analyzed COVID-19 case, death, and vaccination data since 2020. The Dashboard’s findings reveal a distressing trend among both nursing home residents and staff: not everyone is vaccinated and not everyone is “up to date” with boosters.

AARP wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services urging them to boost vaccine and booster uptake among residents and staff.

During the 2020-2021 flu season, adults 65 and older for the first time surpassed a certain flu vaccination goal, and by a significant margin

As facilities use the lessons learned to put in place policies and programs to continue delivering COVID-19 vaccines, they also should evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their influenza and pneumococcal immunization programs.

Facilities are beginning to innovate and put in place best practices to drive down the number of COVID-19 cases among residents and staff.

Now that we are reaching a point where the U.S. has an adequate supply of COVID-19 vaccines, officials must consider how to identify and reach older adults who remain unvaccinated, particularly those who want but have been unable to access a vaccine.

This is a guest post by Philip L. Graitcer and the last in a five-part series about a group of dedicated Rotary volunteers helping to eradicate polio in Kaduna, Nigeria.

This is a guest post by Philip L. Graitcer and the first in a five-part series about a group of dedicated Rotary volunteers  helping to eradicate polio in Kaduna, Nigeria.