Hip protectors and mobility aids reduce fractures: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 19, 2020
A video analysis of 2,300 actual falls in two long-term care facilities has revealed factors that lower fracture risk.
Five key lifestyle behaviors tied to Alzheimer’s risk
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 19, 2020
Five key lifestyle factors combine to influence the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, say researchers. Adhering to at least four reduced study participants’ risk by 60%.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, June 19
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 19, 2020
Clear signs of brain injury with severe COVID-19 … EEOC: Antibody tests not a permissible requirement for employees returning to work … Cleveland Clinic launches Alzheimer’s prevention clinic specific...
COVID-19 harbinger: loss of taste or smell
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 19, 2020
Clinicians may play a pivotal role in early COVID-19 diagnosis when taste and/or smell alterations manifest, say investigators.
Campaign urges Congress to end ‘national nightmare’ of COVID-19 and protect older adults, caregivers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 18, 2020
The Act for Older Adults campaign calls for a comprehensive relief package, including ‘hero’ pay and paid sick leave for care providers, and a $100 billion emergency fund.
Provider training leads to better dementia-care conversations
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 17, 2020
Providers who are trained to discuss advance care planning for people with dementia have significantly more — and more productive — conversations with patients and caregivers, say investigators.
Early drug therapy eases exhaustion in rheumatoid arthritis patients: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 17, 2020
Early, intensive treatment combining methotrexate with prednisone reduces debilitating fatigue — even in patients at low risk of severe disease, finds a two-year study.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, June 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 17, 2020
FEMA officer: Some PPE ‘way expired,’ probably ‘should have never gone out’ … Exercise therapy shows promise for treating cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis … Nearly all federal remdesivir...
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, June 17
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 17, 2020
Only half of nursing homes have received inspections under CMS COVID-19 mandate … Common steroid reduces COVID-19 deaths in early study … ‘Strike team’ for long-term care facilities helped flatten...
Solving COVID-19 challenges will be focus of Thursday webinar
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 16, 2020
Attendees can earn a CE credit at McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo while learning to enhance quality and drive a healthier bottom line during the COVID-19 era. The Expo also includes sessions on...