Enormous thanks to Rory Silvia, fabulous operations guru for BMC geri who got MONOGRAMMED shields for those us fighting covid in nursing homes! #BMCproud #geri #MedTwitter #COVID

I am crying. Today we discussed how we will ration vents if needed. My mom, who helped me get to be the doc I am, would not get one bc she has dementia. I get why and agree with the strategy, but it doesn’t make it any easier. #geri #geriatrics #nursinghome #COVID

More than 40% of deaths from covid in MA are in the nursing homes. Does anyone else find this such a troubling statistic? Wouldn’t we scream if 40% of deaths were in schools? What did our elders do to deserve this? Is this what we want for ourselves for the future? I hope not.

#COVID19 The community is wealthy but the #NusingHome staff are still under paid. We need to #valueLTCemployees They care for our parents, grandparents, spouses, shouldn’t we pay them well to provide excellent care? Why are they paid so little? Shame on us!

I hate headlines like this so I’ll say it again, If an engineer builds a one winged airplane that doesn’t fly, why blame the pilot and flight crew? Our society has underresourced NH’s and responds with surveys and fines. And blame.

In honor of #LabWeek 🔬we'd like to give a special shoutout to our #Microbiology Lab 🧪— this team is leading the charge in ordering, assembling, and distributing kits for #COVID19 testing for the whole hospital! Thank you to all our medical laboratory staff for your hard work!

Good article. Here's the question: If enough of us say this message enough of the time, will we get through? healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hbl…

With my fantastic colleagues of the New England Geriatrics Network, we wrote about the horrors of COVID In Massachusetts nursing homes #geri #geriatrics #nursinghome #LongTermCare

Using VA data we found a 25% reduction in all-cause mortality and 20% reduction in CV-mortality in new statin users >75 years. Same in those >90 and with dementia. Age should not be a reason to withhold statins! jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… JAMA VA Research Brigham and Women’s Division of Aging

Sydmar Lodge Care Home residents and carers have been recreating classic album covers. The home has now been in lockdown for 4 months.

Creativity in time of Covid. Love it!

We BMC Surgery ❤️ our BMC|BU Geriatrics Fellowship colleagues! Thanks for helping us with some of more wonderful and vulnerable patients! Sabrina Sanchez Boston Trauma Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Seventy-five years together makes for the perfect pair! Charles and Dorothy celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary together at Brookdale Greeneville. #HappyAnniversary

COVID-19 Infection Risk Among Hemodialysis Patients in Long-term Care Facilities buff.ly/34I4CmD #OpenAccess Christine Liu Sushrut Waikar Dan Weiner BU/BMC Section of Nephrology Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Tufts Medical Center #COVID19 #dialysis

This is for all the nursing home residents we have lost. I promise to keep advocating for change. #ThisIsOurShot #covid19vax #paltc #Stanford #AGS

Tears in my eye on home visits today listening to caregivers say they got the vaccine. Because in addition to being primary caretakers for a family member they also work in nursing homes and hospitals. These families are my family Boston Medical Center AmerAcadHomeCareMed BMC|BU Geriatrics Fellowship

Just over a year ago, I read a paper which showed that when private equity buys nursing homes, death rates go up 10%. I was a med student at Stanford, but I halted my studies to investigate. Today, that investigation was published in The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…

Effect of Long-term Exercise Training on Physical Performance and Cardiorespiratory Function in Adults With CKD: A Randomized Controlled Trial buff.ly/3SVLgk6 Dan Weiner Christine Liu Dr. Roger A. Fielding, PhD Tufts Medical Center Nephrology Team Tufts Medical Center University of Maryland School of Medicine

Frailty in Kidney Disease: A Comprehensive Review to Advance Its Clinical and Research Applications buff.ly/4cDuQXT (FREE) @devimol Christine Liu Rasheeda Hall MD, MBA, MHS @VUMCKidney Duke Kidney