Falls and chronic conditions beget more falls, Medicare survey data show
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 12, 2021
Older people who report at least one fall are twice as likely to have another fall in the same year, and chronic conditions raise the risk even higher, a new review shows.
Spectrum aims to cut resident falls by 20 percent with balance technology program
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 12, 2021
Residents at all 48 Spectrum Retirement Communities will have access to the Zibrio SmartScale, which measures physical balance and calculates falls risk.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Jan. 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 12, 2021
The COVID picture at 6 months: Symptoms patients face after leaving the hospital … New CDC study confirms community link to COVID rate in residents, staff … Nurse-led intervention encourages advance...
CDC’s social media toolkit tackles COVID-19 vaccination education
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 11, 2021
LTC providers can use a new set of pre-written social media messages and digital images to encourage staff and residents to learn more about COVID-19 vaccine safety and benefits.
FDA: Viral mutations unlikely to cause false negatives in COVID-19 tests
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 11, 2021
The agency has alerted healthcare providers that it is monitoring approved SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests to ensure that new viral mutations do not alter their accuracy.
Vitamins C and E linked to 32 percent lower risk of Parkinson’s in large study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 11, 2021
Investigators looked for a link between dietary antioxidants and Parkinson’s risk in more than 41,000 adults in a long-term Swedish public health study.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 11
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 11, 2021
ASHA urges governors to advocate for independent living residents in vaccine plans … HHS renews public health emergency due to COVID-19 … CDC: Consider confirming COVID-19 status with a PCR test in...
Adjuvanted vaccine cuts nursing home flu outbreaks by 17 percent, top researcher reports
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 08, 2021
Facilities that offered residents the strengthened influenza vaccine Fluad experienced a 17% reduction in suspected and laboratory-confirmed influenza outbreaks, says Vince Mor, Ph.D.
Sleep disorders common after stroke; older survivors at special risk: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 08, 2021
Fully 41% of people who had strokes or mini-strokes had insomnia immediately after the event, and nearly that many still had trouble sleeping more than three months later, according to a new review.
Strength training tailored to older men and women maximizes benefits, physiologists say
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 08, 2021
Older men and women may be better served by a resistance training program that recognizes sex differences in how and where they build muscle, a new analysis finds.