A nationwide survey found that older Americans are concerned about potential injuries and costs that occur with falls. Specifically, 71% of older Americans are worried about falling while 42% have had...
Group eyes nationwide rollout of nursing home quality improvement program
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 25, 2024
A new program improves the quality of care and lowers avoidable hospitalizations in Missouri nursing homes. The program has worked so well that policymakers are trying to expand it to every state.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, June 26
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 25, 2024
Cholesterol drug could ease vision loss in people with diabetes, study finds … Data: Disrupted circadian rhythms linked to higher amyloid, beta … Program helps assess older drivers with cognitive decline...
Some older adults still popping aspirin needlessly to stave off heart disease, poll shows
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 24, 2024
Despite recommendations that many older adults should not use aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease, a lot of people continue to take it, a new survey finds. As a result, doctors need to ask patients...
Chronic loneliness can raise stroke risk in older adults, findings show
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 24, 2024
A new study links loneliness to stroke risk, showing that those who are regularly lonesome have a 56% higher risk for stroke than those who are more socially connected.
Health workers play pivotal role helping older adults stick with wearable monitoring devices
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 24, 2024
Community-dwelling older adults are more apt to continue using wearable monitoring devices — think pedometers, smartwatches and trackers — if healthcare workers or peers give them support, according...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, June 25
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 24, 2024
Report: People in senior living have better outcomes than community living … Selective preventive antibiotics for cataract surgery may work just as well as routine antibiotics, study finds … Study:...
Chronic pain does not interfere with insomnia therapy in veterans, trial finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 20, 2024
A new study finds that pain generally doesn’t affect how cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) works in older adults, so they shouldn’t avoid using the treatment. CBT-I is the gold-standard...
Research uncovers racial disparities in hospice discharge outcomes
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 20, 2024
When Black patients leave hospice care alive, they have a higher risk for being admitted to a hospital, according to a study published on May 16 in JAMA Network Open.
Mindfulness can ease nursing staff stress, analysis finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 20, 2024
Nurses who practice mindfulness do better at managing anxiety and stress, according to a new report published this month in the journal Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.