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Chuck Sedlacek, a patient at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, smiles through a window at his children. Chuck has tested positive for the coronavirus. Getty Images / Karen Ducey

March 28, 2020

Preventing COVID‑19 from decimating nursing home residents requires spending money and improving infection control

Kathryn Hyer, University of South Florida; David Dosa, Brown University, and Lindsay J. Peterson, University of South Florida

Nursing homes in the U.S. are not ready to care for coronavirus patients. Things need to change – fast.

Within the next decade, millions of seniors will be shopping for new housing. Getty Images / Elizabeth W. Kearley

February 14, 2020

Incomplete and inadequate: Information lacking for seniors looking for assisted living

Lindsay J. Peterson, University of South Florida and Kathryn Hyer, University of South Florida

Assisted living facilities are one option for seniors. But finding clear and accurate information about them isn’t easy.

The nursing home in Hollywood Hills, Fla., where 12 people died after the center lost power from Hurricane Irma in 2017. mpi122/MediaPunch/IPX/AP Photo

August 30, 2019

Hurricane evacuation of nursing home residents still an unsolved challenge

Lindsay J. Peterson, University of South Florida and Kathryn Hyer, University of South Florida

Hurricane season presents special dangers for elders, particularly for those in nursing homes and assisted living. Research indicates sheltering-in-place may actually be less risky than evacuating, at times.

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