The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recent gave emergency approval to a vaccine that Pfizer-BioNTech developed to prevent the novel coronavirus from causing COVID-19. Based on preliminary data supplied by …
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The coronavirus pandemic has caused more than 290,000 American deaths from COVID-19, a chilling fatality rate that may reach as high as 329,000 before the end of the year. Although …
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Family caregivers in the United States assist millions of seniors with their activities of daily living. Together with caregivers who assist disabled relatives, an estimated 65.7 million Americans serve as …
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Health authorities discourage social gatherings as a way to slow the spread of the virus that is responsible for COVID-19. Large groups of people in workplaces and schools also increase …
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Healthy aging means maintaining the functional abilities that enable wellbeing. Functional abilities include the capacity to meet basic needs, to be mobile, to build and maintain relationships, to make decisions, …
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Long-term care facilities are a necessity for many seniors. Assisted-living facilities provide skilled care for seniors who need help getting dressed, bathing, or engaging in other activities of daily living. …
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The risk of serious illness or death associated with an infection increases with age. The body’s mechanisms that resist infections begin to weaken, on average, at age 50. The risk …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its list of risk factors for developing a serious illness after exposure to the coronavirus. Until that update, the CDC …
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Providing senior care and maintaining social distancing may seem like incompatible goals. Some services, whether provided by home health aides or by the staff of a senior living facility, need …
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Scammers have a long history of preying on seniors. The social isolation that seniors are experiencing to avoid contracting COVID-19 has elevated the risk that they will be victimized by …
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