Coronavirus and COVID-19: Caregiving for the Elderly
If you’re caring for an older loved one, you might be worried. This article shares what you need to know to keep elderly people safer, and what to do if they do become infected with COVID-19.
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4 Coronavirus Scams to Avoid
By Brandy Bauer | Featured on ncoa.org Scammers are quick to exploit emergencies to cheat people out of money, and the coronavirus pandemic unfortunately is no exception. Follow and share these four tips to ensure you or an older adult you serve is not among their victims!
How to Protect Yourself When Running Essential Errands
Article Featured on CDC.gov As communities across the United States take steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting close contact, people are facing new challenges and questions about how to meet basic household needs, such as buying groceries and medicine, and completing banking activities. The following information provides advice about how to meet […]
What explains Covid-19’s lethality for the elderly? Scientists look to ‘twilight’ of the immune system
Article Featured on Stat News | By Sharon Begley Researchers on Monday announced the most comprehensive estimates to date of elderly people’s elevated risk of serious illness and death from the new coronavirus: Covid-19 kills an estimated 13.4% of patients 80 and older, compared to 1.25% of those in their 50s and 0.3% of those in their 40s.
How should I prepare my house for coronavirus? Check out this informative checklist.
Article Featured on CDC.gov As a family, you can plan and make decisions now that will protect you and your family during a COVID-19 outbreak.
CDC launches studies to get more precise count of undetected Covid-19 cases
Article Featured on Stat News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun preliminary studies to try to determine how many Americans have already been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, an agency official revealed Saturday. On Friday, the agency said nearly 240,000 people in the country have been infected with the virus […]
Take Steps to Prevent Getting Sick
Take actions to reduce your risk of getting sick If you are at higher risk for serious illness from COVID-19 because of your age or because you have a serious long-term health problem, it is extra important for you to take actions to reduce your risk of getting sick with the disease.
CDC Guidelines for Cleaning and Disinfection for Households
Article Featured on CDC.gov There is much to learn about the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Based on what is currently known about the virus, and about similar coronaviruses that cause SARS and MERS, spread from person-to-person happens most frequently among close contacts (within about 6 feet). This type of transmission occurs via […]
Caring for someone at home with COVID 19
Article Featured on CDC.gov Most people who get sick with COVID-19 will have only mild illness and should recover at home.* Care at home can help stop the spread of COVID-19 and help protect people who are at risk for getting seriously ill from COVID-19.
People with Asthma and COVID-19
Article Featured on CDC.gov This information is based on what we currently know about the spread and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Risk of Getting COVID-19 if you have asthma People with asthma may be at higher risk of getting very sick from COVID-19. COVID-19 can affect your respiratory tract (nose, throat, lungs), cause […]