Docs haven’t asked about hearing in years, most older adults say
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 03, 2021
At least 50% of older adults are likely to have hearing loss, but fully 80% of Americans age 50 and older say that their primary care providers have not asked about their hearing in the past two years,...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 3
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 03, 2021
Senior living chief medical officer reflects on COVID a year into pandemic, including vaccine acceptance … NIH halts convalescent plasma trial in ED patients with mild COVID symptoms … Stroke patients...
Faithfully merging palliative care and infection control reduces harmful resident transfers: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 02, 2021
The more a nursing home adheres to the newer concept of integrated best practices in these areas, the fewer hospital transfers in residents with advanced dementia, researchers say.
AMDA urges safe, thoughtful approach in new reopening guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 02, 2021
A return to ‘normal,’ will not be immediate, says Executive Director Christopher Laxton in announcing new, proposed visitation guidelines.
Test seniors with cognitive impairment for sleep apnea, scientists assert
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 02, 2021
People with cognitive impairment who have sleep apnea are more likely to score lower on tests of cognitive function than their peers without sleep apnea. And the more severe the apnea, the greater the...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, March 2
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 02, 2021
Grim anniversary: First U.S. COVID-19 outbreak announced at nursing home 1 year ago … Coronavirus variant now accounts for 10% of U.S. cases, CDC director says … Montreal’s Olympic Stadium opens...
Full-time nurse program cuts ED visits, saves $31 million for MO nursing homes
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 01, 2021
A program that put full-time advanced practice nurses in 16 Missouri nursing homes shows that Medicare should scrap billing restrictions on direct care services given by these providers, investigators...
Feds approve one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 01, 2021
The drug is 67% effective against COVID-19 by two weeks after vaccination, and 100% effective in protecting against hospitalization, ICU admission and death, an FDA advisory panel member emphasized.
Simple hygiene beats visitor contact precautions to reduce C. diff rate: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 01, 2021
Visitor contact precautions made little difference in protecting against Clostridium difficile in the elderly when compared with small changes in normal daily hygiene, new research has found.
Clinical briefs for Monday, March 1
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 01, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine shipments to jump 40% this week … FDA: Pfizer vaccine can be stored at higher temp for up to 2 weeks … Statins again linked to reduced COVID-19 mortality — this time by 50% … The...