Better nursing home care will require more workers

Better nursing home care will require more workers

Jordan Rau Kaiser Health News The Biden administration has identified core impediments to better nursing home care in its proposed overhaul of the industry, but turning aspirations into reality will require a complex task: mandating adequate staffing levels for all homes without bankrupting those that can’t afford far higher labor costs. President Joe Biden’s proposals […]

Should NC worry about omicron BA.2?

Should NC worry about omicron BA.2?

By Laura Lee, for Carolina Public Press In many North Carolina towns and cities, mask mandates are ending, and vaccination requirements are loosening, but questions remain about the next COVID-19 subvariant, omicron BA.2.  The subvariant makes up roughly 8{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of cases nationwide, according to data from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for […]

Dementia Patients Divided Over Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm | Healthiest Communities Health News

Dementia Patients Divided Over Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm | Healthiest Communities Health News

If you listen to the nation’s largest Alzheimer’s ailment advocacy organizations, you may well imagine all people dwelling with Alzheimer’s would like unfettered access to Aduhelm, a controversial new remedy. Views about Aduhelm (also recognized as aducanumab) in the dementia group are various, ranging from “we want the federal government to cover this drug” to […]