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The world is one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and while there is a lot of heartache in the rearview mirror, there is some hope ahead. Vaccines are rolling out to fight this deadly virus, and millions of people around the country are anxiously awaiting their...

After nearly two years of fighting the COVID-19 virus around the world, health officials are still working to curb the virus’s spread. Millions of people around the globe have been vaccinated against COVID-19, including more than 190 million individuals in the...

You’ll never again be as young as you were when you started reading this sentence. It’s the one thing we all have in common: aging. According to the California Department of Aging, “By 2030, 10.8 million Californians will be an older adult, making up one-quarter of...

If you’ve chosen nursing as a career path, you’re in good company! Nursing employment is expected to grow faster than the national average between now and 2030, and in 2020, enrollment in nursing programs increased 5.6 percent. The past two years have been...

COVID-19 vaccines have been available for more than a year and have already had a major impact on fighting the virus. By December 2021, about 205 million people in the United States were fully vaccinated, including nearly 50 million seniors over the age of 65....

Temecula Healthcare residents were thrilled this Father’s Day when members of the Temecula Fire Department made a surprise appearance at their Father’s Day party. The visit was particularly special because two residents, Harold Stephens and Michael Massone, are...

By Thomas Jurbala (picture : Edwin Cabigao, PhD, RN, is the director of clinical services at Generations Healthcare ) “In the midst of . . . crisis, nothing is as clear or as certain as it appears in hindsight,” said historian Barbara W. Tuchman. This is especially...

Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has been a marathon, not a sprint. Just as it seemed the finish line was near, with vaccines being approved for emergency use, health officials found new variants of the disease. Along with these new variants come new questions and...

After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is starting to see some relief with lower case levels. The delta and omicron variants of the virus brought dangerous spikes in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, but cases dropped off significantly after...

To this day, very few of the employees in Horizon Ridge Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center’s COVID unit have ever tested positive for the virus. Considering the fears of many healthcare workers at the height of the pandemic, this fact is remarkable. Now...