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President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021, on the COVID-19 response and vaccination program. U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and signs that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Health

Biden to require COVID vaccines for nursing home staff

Hundreds of thousands of nursing home workers are not vaccinated, according to federal data, despite those facilities bearing the brunt of the early COVID-19 outbreak.

4 years ago

In Camden on August 6, Antioch Manor resident Don Brown stands at the window in his apartment; from it, he watched a murder take place earlier this year. (April Saul for WHYY)
Community

‘I don’t want to live in a slum’: Little help yet for residents of troubled Camden senior housing

Recent meetings between lawmakers and property managers have done little to allay fears or fix safety issues rampant in Camden’s senior housing complexes.

4 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Health
NJ Spotlight

Vaccines blunted COVID-19 inside N.J. nursing homes. Delta changed that

Cases have been rising steadily in long-term care facilities since the variant became prevalent despite widespread vaccine use.

4 years ago

Alison Beam wears a mask while speaking from a podium.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Nursing homes would provide more direct care to residents under proposed Pa. rule

The state currently requires nursing homes to provide residents with 2.7 hours of direct care each day, despite a much higher federal recommendation.

4 years ago

On July 9, Ferry Station tenant Sarah Rogers, right, tries to prevent a non-resident from entering her senior apartment complex, where trespassers have been sleeping in community areas and hallways, frightening residents and sometimes leaving human excrement behind. (April Saul for WHYY)
Community

‘I’m afraid for my life’: Safety is scarce for many in Camden’s senior housing

A lack of security at their apartment complexes makes life dangerous for many Camden seniors. Buildings’ operators refuse to hire guards.

4 years ago

Listen 6:48
Carl Nassib celebrates during a football game
Radio Times

Coming out in professional sports; the new rules of aging

NFL's Carl Nassib came out this week on Instagram, We'll talk about the barriers for LGBT professional athletes. Then, columnist Steven Petrow on the new rules of aging.

Air Date: June 24, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
Angela Ermold, right, and her sister, Denise Gracely, hold a photo of their mother, Marian Rauenzahn, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Fleetwood, Pa. Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes. “They have protected them to death,” said Gracely. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

‘Protected them to death’: Elder-care COVID rules under fire

Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes.

4 years ago

Amyloid plaques accumulate outside neurons
Health

FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer’s drug panned by experts

The Food and Drug Administration said it granted approval to the drug developed by Biogen for patients with Alzheimer's disease.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks from behind a podium
Courts & Law

‘Prioritized profits over people’: AG Shapiro announces Darby nursing home manager’s guilty plea after three residents die

Chaim “Charlie” Steg, manager of St. Francis rehab center, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment. Three residents died from insufficient care.

4 years ago

Person's legs in wheelchair
Health

AARP/Drexel report shows racial disparities in seniors’ health care in Pennsylvania

A new study from AARP and Drexel’s College of Nursing shows lack of broadband access thwarts telehealth for many older Black and brown residents.

4 years ago

(Rido81/BigStock)
Health

Advocates push for centralized homebound vaccine plan in New Jersey

As New Jersey officials push to get more residents vaccinated, advocates are calling for them to make it easier for some of the most vulnerable people to get inoculated.

4 years ago

Listen 3:31
Close up hands of caregiver doctor helping old woman at clinic.
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: DOH launches program to vaccinate more nursing home residents

The Department of Health will help nursing home pharmacies to secure vaccine doses to be administered at the facilities.

4 years ago

Mitzi Hansrote, right, 86, and Deanna Sutton, center, 83, check in before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at the Isles of Vero Beach assisted and independent senior living community in Vero Beach, Fla. Government officials placed long-term care residents and staff among their top vaccination priorities after they authorized the emergency use of shots from Pfizer and Moderna in late 2020. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Health

A Delco senior living facility is full of people 70 and up. They only got vaccines in March

Ivy Creek in Glen Mills wanted an on-site vaccine clinic. ‘Independent’ seniors don’t qualify, the CDC said.

4 years ago

Listen 2:03
A member of the Philadelphia Fire Department administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup
Health

Philly’s Walk-up Wednesday vaccine clinics serving those over 65

The three walk-up clinics are open on Wednesdays for those over age 65, and can serve up to 50 people with the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

4 years ago

Chaparral House activities director Erika Shaver-Nelson, left, talks with resident Joyce in the hallway at Chaparral House in Berkeley, Calif., Thursday, March 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Health

Friends, family ‘cautiously optimistic’ as N.J. resumes indoor visits in long-term care

The relaxing of visitation rules in long-term care comes as N.J. grapples with a significant surge in new coronavirus infections, as well as an uptick in hospitalizations.

4 years ago

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