Companies in the senior housing space are gearing up to give residents a second Covid-19 vaccine booster following new approvals from the FDA and CDC Tuesday. Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) signed off on a second booster dose of an mRNA vaccine, such as […]
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Covid-19 booster shots are on the horizon, and senior living providers are moving ahead with planning clinics for residents and staff while awaiting greater clarity from government regulatory agencies. Some industry providers have moved with urgency in recent weeks to schedule their first Covid-19 vaccine booster shot clinics, even as the U.S. Food and Drug […]
With COVID-19 vaccinations becoming more accessible for a wide range of demographics across the United States, there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. Yet the vaccine clinics will continue for weeks to come across the senior living industry as providers facilitate vaccinations for their employees and affiliates. “As the communities open […]
This episode of Transform is sponsored by Medication Management Partners. The Crestwood, Illinois-based company provides medication management and is a dedicated pharmacy partner for assisted living, memory care, and behavioral health communities across the country. Over the past few months, MMP has helped its senior living partners hold vaccination clinics — and Director of Partner […]
This article is sponsored by Medication Management Partners (MMP). In this Voices interview, Senior Housing News sits down with MMP President Dave Doubek to learn why MMP only works with assisted living and memory care, what a good senior living – pharmacy partnership looks like and why operators are smart to change their pharmacy partner […]
The assisted living industry is changing from a hospitality-based model to one incorporating more health care options to allow seniors to age in place. The shift in operational strategy comes as more seniors indicated they prefer assisted living to moving in with family members. The anticipated “silver wave” of baby boomers aging into assisted living […]
Medication management is a growing service area that presents an important opportunity for senior living operators. Whether medication management is performed in-house or is outsourced, it addresses a burdensome task that may otherwise fall on residents’ loved ones or the residents themselves. But managing multiple medications for residents, particularly when an operator has many communities, […]
Medication management is a growing service area that presents an important opportunity for senior living operators. Whether medication management is performed in-house or outsourced, it addresses a burdensome task that may otherwise fall on residents’ loved ones or the residents themselves. But managing multiple medications for residents, particularly when an operator has many communities, can […]
Pharmacy giant CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) recently announced an aggressive push to serve assisted living providers through its Omnicare arm. But CVS is competing with specialized pharmacies serving the senior living sector—and this could be good news for senior living providers, as it could spur more innovative pharmacy distribution and management practices. Some assisted living providers, such […]
The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic that has lasted for years—and it’s become a concern in the senior housing industry. To avoid opioid misuse in senior housing communities, it’s important to ensure pain management is a team effort and that opioids aren’t the first line of defense against chronic pain, […]