{"id":19051,"date":"2021-11-01T08:20:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19051"},"modified":"2021-11-01T08:20:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:20:33","slug":"nursing-home-residents-overlooked-in-scramble-for-covid-antibody-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19051","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Home Residents Overlooked in Scramble for Covid Antibody Treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Of the dozens of patients Dr. Jim Yates has treated for covid-19 at his long-term care center in rural Alabama, this one made him especially nervous.<\/p>\n

The 60-year-old man, who had been fully vaccinated, was diagnosed with a breakthrough infection in late September. Almost immediately, he required supplemental oxygen, and lung exams showed ominous signs of worsening disease. Yates, who is medical director of Jacksonville Health and Rehabilitation, a skilled nursing facility 75 miles northeast of Birmingham, knew his patient needed more powerful interventions \u2014 and fast.\u00a0 Continue reading the article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n

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