Assisted Living Facilities 5 Top Covid-19 Lessons For 55+ community? The pandemic undoubtedly hit the country’s senior population hard. In particular, people living in assisted living facilities experienced the worst effects of the virus. Senior living community executives can protect this vulnerable segment of the population better by learning about the top five lessons of Covid-19 for people 55 and older.
Comorbidity Factors
One of the top lessons that this pandemic has taught doctors is that it deals with a particularly devastating blow to seniors with comorbidity factors. Senior citizens with conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and others are more at risk of dying from it than younger, healthy people with no other health conditions. Seniors with underlying factors need to be protected better to lower their chances of dying from Covid-19.
Social Distancing
The lessons from Covid-19 also taught medical providers that social distancing is a must even in a senior living community. Keeping residents at least six feet apart and using masks among both residents and staff can greatly reduce infection rates. Likewise, limiting or eliminating visiting privileges among family members, while disappointing, can also save residents’ lives during the pandemic.
These lessons are a few that assisted living facilities around the country continue to learn from the pandemic. They allow senior community living leaders to take proactive measures to protect vulnerable residents.
You can find out more about these lessons for seniors online. Contact The Chelsea at Tinton Falls, One Hartford Drive, Tinton Falls, NJ 07701, (732) 863-2102.
