Geriatrician survey: Swift telehealth adoption was ‘instrumental’ to pandemic patient care
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
Responses by Genesis HealthCare physicians offer insight into the dramatic shift in care delivery that took place as COVID-19 raged in 2020.
Skin tear education program brings docs and nurses together in post-acute care
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
The pilot program at a post-acute care hospital in Toronto successfully brought physicians and nurses out of their silos and revealed an opportunity to correct inefficiencies, geriatricians say.
Apathy and anxiety may be earliest signs of amyloid-related brain damage, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
Amyloid-beta pathology may drive common behavioral changes in Alzheimer’s disease — before changes to memory and cognition are evident, investigators say.
Dementia to cost nation $321 billion this year, Alzheimer’s Association says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 17, 2022
This year, Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost the nation $321 billion, increasing to $1 trillion by 2050, according to a report released Tuesday by the Alzheimer’s Association.
Clinical briefs for Friday, March 18
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
Daytime napping changes may signal dementia’s progression … One-third of nurses polled plan to quit their jobs this year … CDC: Prepare for rebound in TB cases post-pandemic … ‘Long COVID’...
Docs push for new COVID-19 funding as signs point to rebound in U.S. omicron cases
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2022
The alternative is to risk leaving patients without access to needed vaccines, treatments and testing, the American College of Physicians has told Congress.
Advocacy group urges more flexible in-home dialysis rules
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Diane Eastabrook
Mar 17, 2022
Innovative Kidney Care says the severe nursing shortage is making it difficult for patients to move from facility-based dialysis to home dialysis.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, March 17
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2022
FDA to host public workshop addressing gaps in opioid prescriber education content … Frailty in rheumatoid arthritis reversible with treatment and exercise … FDA approves Symbicort aerosol generic...
Pfizer, BioNTech to pursue 2nd booster shot authorization for older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2022
A second booster — or fourth dose — will be necessary to improve the vaccine’s waning protection in the face of omicron, Pfizer’s CEO has stated. Whether the FDA will find the evidence compelling...
Wearables predict resident decline due to COVID-19, study at PALTC22 reveals
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2022
Wrist-worn wearables and under-mattress sensors identified early signs of decline that regular staff checks didn’t pick up in nursing facility residents, according to a trial conducted by clinicians.