by GV Team | Aug 5, 2021 | Coronavirus, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Blog by www.cdc.org Getting vaccinated prevents severe illness, hospitalizations, and death. Unvaccinated people should get vaccinated and continue masking until they are fully vaccinated. With the Delta variant, this is more urgent than ever. CDC has updated guidance...
by GV Team | Jul 26, 2021 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health
Blog by www.leadingage.org 4.4. Education, Medication Self-Management, and Adherence Studies have found more than 50 percent of older adults knew the names and purposes of their medications; however, less than 25 percent knew the consequences of drug omission or...
by GV Team | May 19, 2021 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, SureMed
Blog by Mark Wolfe, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy As new regulations are enforced and it seems new processes are put in place every day. Facilities are looking for ways to simplify the every day processes. One way I recommend is by implementing...
by GV Team | Apr 22, 2021 | Coronavirus, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Blog by www.ahcancal.org The number of COVID-19 cases across the country is rising at an alarming rate, and the long term care industry is concerned that it may cause a correlating spike of new cases in nursing homes and assisted living communities. Even though the...
by GV Team | Apr 15, 2021 | GrandView News, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Blog by Mark Wolfe, Customer Account Representative, GrandView Pharmacy According to the CDC, “The flu virus is one of the most changeable viruses we know, and it’s subtly different every single year,” says Dr. Paul Biddinger, director of the Center for Disaster...
by GV Team | Mar 12, 2021 | Coronavirus, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health, Vaccinations
Blog by McKnights The astounding drop in COVID-19 cases among nursing home residents — fully 90% at last count — is attributable mainly to the vaccination campaign developed and coordinated by the federal government in record time last year, say industry advocates....
