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SUMMARY:Parsing the deadly problem of low vaccination rates in nursing homes
DESCRIPTION:Nearly four years into the pandemic\, vaccine uptake for COVID\, RSV and even influenza remain very low among nursing home residents and staff\, according to recent CDC MMWR data. Some 600 nursing home residents died from COVID in the first two weeks of January alone. Meanwhile\, flu cases remain high in parts of the U.S.\, and risk for RSV is still elevated among this vulnerable population. \n\n\n\nDespite widespread availability of both the COVID-19 booster and new adult RSV vaccine\, infection rates\, hospitalizations and deaths continued to climb over the winter months. On top of that\, COVID booster uptake by nursing home staff was only 23% at the end of 2023\, CDC data shows. Why haven’t more nursing home residents received the vaccine? And\, what\, if anything\, can nursing homes or states do to ensure their residents and staff are protected? \n\n\n\nAHCJ Health Beat Leader on Aging Liz Seegert will talk with a geriatrician/researcher and the executive director of an organization that advocates for aging people about what the data tell us\, the challenges of ensuring staff and residents receive the shots they need\, overcoming persistent misinformation about the COVID and RSV vaccines\, and the impact new federal staffing mandates may have on infection control and prevention. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Seegert is AHCJ’s health beat leader on aging. She’s an award-winning\, independent health journalist based in New York’s Hudson Valley\, who writes about caregiving\, dementia\, access to care\, nursing homes and policy. Seegert is also a contributing writer for Fortune.com\, the American Journal of Nursing\, and PBS/NextAvenue.org\, reporting on myriad health topics\, including social determinants of health and women’s health. She has written for TIME Health\, The Wirecutter\, Money.com\, Medscape\, Consumer Reports\, The Guardian and Medical Economics\, as well as dozens of other trade and mainstream media. Her articles have been syndicated in Forbes.com\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Hartford Courant\, The Saturday Evening Post and other major outlets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Mollot is the executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC)\, a U.S.-based nonpartisan\, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving care for individuals in nursing homes and other residential care settings through legal and policy research\, advocacy\, and education. Richard has researched and published on a variety of long-term care issues\, including: dementia care; nursing home and assisted living standards; the rights of older adults in residential care; abuse\, neglect\, and crime in nursing homes; nursing home financing; and the imposition and use of penalties for substandard residential care. He is a graduate of Howard University School of Law and a member of the Maryland Bar. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAna Montoya\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, is a geriatrician and health care researcher at the University of Michigan\, and a clinical associate professor at the U-M Medical School. Her research focuses on improving the care of older adults by examining health system performance for this vulnerable population\, with a particular interest in health disparities\, delirium and dementia\, management of chronic medical problems and infection control in skilled nursing facilities. She received her medical degree from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru\, and her master’s in public health from the University of Michigan\, where she also completed her geriatric medicine fellowship. She is currently enrolled in the Master’s in Health and Health Care Research program at the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. She is the medical director for the Sub-acute and Long-Term Care program at U-M\, which is a partnership between the U-M Geriatrics Center and local facilities offering rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine\, Geriatric Medicine\, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine\, and certified as a medical director by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/03/parsing-the-deadly-problem-of-low-vaccination-rates-in-nursing-homes/
CATEGORIES:Aging,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Reimagining menopause: How reporters can reduce the stigma
DESCRIPTION:Half of the world’s population will experience menopause\, yet this time in life is fraught with mystery\, misconceptions\, and a lack of solid information. Although menopause treatment and knowledge can affect healthy aging\, primary care physicians and even many OB/GYNs don’t get the training or support they need to counsel patients and help them navigate what can be a challenging phase of life. \n\n\n\nJoin Liz Seegert\, AHCJ’s Health Beat Leader for Aging\, a certified menopause specialist\, and a journalist who reports frequently on this topic for some myth-busting and guidance on how to report on menopause with sensitivity. You’ll learn about the most useful research on this subject and where the gaps still exist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Seegert is AHCJ’s health beat leader on aging. She’s an award-winning\, independent health journalist based in New York’s Hudson Valley\, who writes about caregiving\, dementia\, access to care\, nursing homes and policy. Seegert is also a contributing writer for Fortune.com\, the American Journal of Nursing\, and PBS/NextAvenue.org\, reporting on myriad health topics\, including social determinants of health and women’s health. She has written for TIME Health\, The Wirecutter\, Money.com\, Medscape\, Consumer Reports\, The Guardian and Medical Economics\, as well as dozens of other trade and mainstream media. Her articles have been syndicated in Forbes.com\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Hartford Courant\, The Saturday Evening Post and other major outlets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Levy-Gantt\, M.D.\, is a board-certified ObGyn and a certified menopause practitioner. Levy-Gantt has been practicing for the last 15 years in Napa\, California\, and practiced before that for 11 years on Long Island. She focuses on menopause management\, including hormones and alternative management strategies\, as well as vaginal and vulvar pain syndromes. She also teaches at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine\, and writes frequently on menopause issues. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeryl Davids Landau is a longtime independent journalist specializing in health. Her work on menopause has appeared in National Geographic\, Good Housekeeping\, Prevention\, Everyday Health and other publications. She’s also the author of the award-winning mindfulness women’s novel\, Warrior Won.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/03/reimagining-menopause-how-reporters-can-reduce-the-stigma/
CATEGORIES:Aging,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Follow the Money: Using HospitalFinances.org and other tools to tell important stories
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is the first in a four-part series produced by AHCJ and Investigative Reporters and Editors that will equip you with the tools you need to tell the story of the big business of health care. Longtime AHCJ member Karl Stark\, Director of Content Strategy & Editor in Residence at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania\, will show you how to use AHCJ’s hospitalfinances.org site and other tools to report stories about hospitals’ financial health.  \n\n\n\nThe series is free for all journalists\, thanks to the generous support of the NIHCM Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKarl Stark is the Director of Content Strategy & Editor in Residence at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania\, where he focuses on encouraging LDI Fellows to write for the public. Before joining LDI\, he worked for more than three decades at the Philadelphia Inquirer\, where he served as Health Editor\, Business News Editor and National/Foreign Editor\, among other positions. His reporting on the bankrupt Allegheny health system helped lead to indictments of the top three executives. He also served as President of the Association of Health Care Journalists\, the nation’s leading group of health reporters and editors. He is a co-author of AHCJ’s “Covering the Quality of Health Care – A Resource Guide for Journalists” and leads a session on covering hospital finances at AHCJ’s annual meeting. He is a graduate of Yale University where he played varsity tennis. He also has distant memories of skating competitively with his sister Julie.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/03/follow-the-money-using-hospitalfinances-org-and-other-tools-to-tell-important-stories/
CATEGORIES:Health Equity,Health Policy,Webinar
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