Cognitive outcomes similar with warfarin, dabigatran in older patients with Afib … Risks of drug therapy after stent placement may now outweigh benefits, researchers say … More exposure to estrogen...
‘How good are those vaccines now?’ Mixed AARP nursing home report prompts a thorny question
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 15, 2021
A new AARP report shows encouraging trends in COVID-19 cases and vaccinations. But the steady rate of resident deaths raises concerns for the future as vaccine efficacy wanes, analysts say.
Delirium present in 60 percent of residents’ acute illnesses, but tricky to diagnose: study
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 15, 2021
Delirium may accompany 60% of the acute illnesses and adverse health events that occur commonly among residents, investigators say. Along with infections, regular use of benzodiazepines was linked to the...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Nov. 15
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 15, 2021
CDC and NIOSH to host panel on healthcare workers’ mental health … WHO preparing to set guidelines for COVID-19 antiviral pills … First patient recruited for Alzheimer’s vaccine trial … Cancer...
Alzheimer’s blood test to be used in memory-loss prevention trial
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2021
The PrecivityAD blood test will lower barriers to participation in a new clinical trial that aims to prevent the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say.
3 key strategies help boost nursing home staff vax rates, study of 400+ facilities finds
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2021
Leading LTC geriatricians have teased out the top strategies used by facilities with staff COVID-19 vaccination rates of 75% and higher.
Let’s talk: Post-acute rehab patients need to be looped in about incontinence care, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2021
Post-acute care nurses are right on target with continence assessment and management, a new study finds. But their patients are largely unaware of these activities and think they’re going it alone,...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Nov. 12
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2021
Nurses unions slam Kaiser Permanente’s expansion of home-based services … CDC: Sepsis-related deaths in seniors declined from 2000 to 2019 … Dexamethasone tied to lower risk of death, severe...
Few Medicare recipients enroll in cardiac rehab, despite expanded benefits
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 11, 2021
Cardiac rehab participation rose among Medicare recipients with heart failure after coverage expansion in 2014, but the numbers remain abysmally low at less than 10%, a new study has found.
No cognitive gains from ‘brain gaming’ found in studies of older adults with dementia
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 11, 2021
Using video and software games aimed at improving brain function may be enjoyable, but it doesn’t improve memory, executive function, visuospatial skills or language in older adults with cognitive impairment,...