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Deaths among older adults with dementia fell starkly in nursing homes and long-term care centers after COVID-19 vaccinations became available, yet remained high for those living at home, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco.
The evidence suggests that COIVID-19 is indeed deadly — and that deaths may, in fact, have been undercounted.
Stokes and his team found the flu is is typically responsible for as many as 50,000 deaths each year.
The study, funded by the National Institute on Aging, recruited people who were 50 and older and homeless, and followed them for a median of 4.5 years. By interviewing people every six months about their health and housing status, researchers were able to examine how things like regaining housing, using drugs, and having various chronic conditions, such as diabetes, affected their risk of dying.
Child care workers died at higher rates than other workers, while teachers died at somewhat lower rates in 2020.