Long-Term Care Workers, Grieving and Under Siege, Brace for COVID鈥檚 Next Round
As the coronavirus surges around the country, workers in nursing homes and assisted living centers are watching cases rise in long-term care facilities with a sense of dread. Many of these workers struggle with grief over the suffering they鈥檝e witnessed.
Prayers and Grief Counseling After COVID: Trying to Aid Healing in Long-Term Care
With employees emotionally drained and residents suffering from loss, many nursing homes and assisted living centers are working with chaplains, social workers and mental health professionals to help people deal with the effects of the coronavirus.
Seniors Form COVID Pods to Ward Off Isolation This Winter
Older adults are deliberating what to do as days and nights turn chilly and coronavirus cases rise across the country. Some are forming 鈥渂ubbles鈥 with small groups of friends who agree on pandemic precautions and will see one another in person. Others are planning to go it alone.
Older COVID Patients Battle 鈥楤rain Fog,鈥 Weakness and Emotional Turmoil
Seniors tend to have more serious symptoms than younger coronavirus patients, including the aftereffects of hospital-based delirium. Doctors recommend physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and cognitive rehabilitation.
Lifetime Experiences Help Older Adults Build Resilience to Pandemic Trauma
These seniors use coping strategies to keep them socially active yet safe from the coronavirus.
A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to Live
More than 70,000 residents and staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities have died of COVID-19, and others are under strict rules designed to keep the disease from spreading. That has evoked concern that living in a communal facility could be dangerous.
We Put Off Planning, Until My Father-in-Law鈥檚 Medical Crisis Took Us by Surprise
Although the family patriarch did not face a life-threatening emergency, the episode was a reminder that you have to prepare for a real crisis.
Bereaved Families Are 鈥榯he Secondary Victims of COVID-19鈥
New research suggests the pandemic鈥檚 deaths are taking an enormous toll on surviving family members and worrisome ripple effects may linger for years.
Technology Divide Between Senior 鈥楬aves鈥 and 鈥楬ave-Nots鈥 Roils Pandemic Response
Older adults with the ability to use technology have more access to virtual social interactions and telehealth services, and more opportunities to secure essential supplies online. Those who don鈥檛 know how to use it or can鈥檛 afford it are at greater risk of social isolation, forgoing medical care and being without food or other necessary items.
States Allow In-Person Nursing Home Visits As Families Charge Residents Die 鈥極f Broken Hearts鈥
Half the states are rolling back strict policies that have kept family members out of nursing homes because of fears of spreading the coronavirus.
Life Beyond COVID Seclusion: Seniors See Challenges And Change Ahead
Some are grieving the loss of precious time in late life. Others are adjusting their ideas of what is possible and making the best of it.
What Seniors Should Know Before Going Ahead With Elective Procedures
People who put off care as COVID-19 surged are easing back into the medical system. Here鈥檚 how to know if it鈥檚 safe.
For Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair
The guidance to stay sheltered as society slowly reopens wears on older Americans, who have a growing sense of isolation and depression.
鈥楴o Intubation鈥: Seniors Fearful Of COVID-19 Are Changing Their Living Wills
Still, medical experts say, it鈥檚 not a black-and-white decision of either go on a ventilator or die.
El miedo a COVID-19 hace que adultos mayores rechacen ser intubados
Para los adultos mayores que piensan en lo que les podr铆a pasar durante esta pandemia, los ventiladores son un s铆mbolo de la falta de control y el poder de la tecnolog铆a.
As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes. Is It Safe Inside?
鈥淭he awful truth is families have no control over what鈥檚 happening,鈥 one advocate says.
Seniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say
Older bodies respond to infection in different ways. Seniors may sleep more or stop eating. They may be confused or dizzy. They might simply collapse.
M茅dicos dicen que los adultos mayores con COVID-19 presentan s铆ntomas inusuales
Los adultos mayores, el grupo de edad de alto riesgo de sufrir complicaciones graves o morir por esta condici贸n, podr铆an no mostrar ninguno de estos s铆ntomas.
What Does Recovery From COVID-19 Look Like? It Depends. A Pulmonologist Explains.
Reports offer a glimmer of hope, especially for older adults.
Should You Bring Mom Home From Assisted Living During The Pandemic?
Families are weighing the challenges of providing home care with the isolation or potential danger of leaving folks in senior housing or long-term care.