{"id":98336,"date":"2020-05-27T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=98336"},"modified":"2020-05-27T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:17:01","slug":"mississippi-today-head-um-applied-gerontology-department-discusses-covid-19-impact-nursing-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/mississippi-today-head-um-applied-gerontology-department-discusses-covid-19-impact-nursing-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Today: Head of UM Applied Gerontology Department Discusses COVID-19 Impact on Nursing Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMississippi officials target nursing homes, where coronavirus spread creates a perfect storm\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

By Erica Hensley\/Mississippi Today<\/em><\/p>\n

VAIDEN \u2014 Relief was the first emotion that overcame Carla when she received a letter that an employee at her sister\u2019s Mississippi nursing home tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Her initial response, although unusual given the circumstances, was justified. For weeks, she\u2019d been in the dark regarding conditions inside her sister\u2019s facility. The letter said that just a single case was identified and the employee immediately isolated outside of the facility.<\/p>\n

\u2026.<\/p>\n

Teresa Carithers, head of the Applied Gerontology department at the University of Mississippi, says the pandemic has spawned innovation and hopes it will set a new bar for aging care. The program she leads focuses on helping students look at the science of aging through a different lens \u2014 less so, how to simply care for old folks and more, how to age healthily throughout life and focus on quality of life.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cMississippi officials target nursing homes, where coronavirus spread creates a perfect storm\u201d By Erica Hensley\/Mississippi Today VAIDEN \u2014 Relief was the first emotion that overcame Carla when she received a letter that an employee at her sister\u2019s Mississippi nursing home tested positive for COVID-19. Her initial response, although unusual given the circumstances, was justified. 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