New criteria for diagnosing, staging Alzheimer’s stirs controversy
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 01, 2024
The Alzheimer’s Association set out new criteria for diagnosing and staging Alzheimer’s based on recent advancements, especially biomarkers that can biologically detect the disease instead of relying...
CDC: Everyone over 6 months needs updated COVID vaccine
Jun 28, 2024
As a summer wave of COVID infections rolls across the country, US health officials have recommended that all Americans over the age of 6 months get one of the updated COVID vaccines when they become available...
Studies highlight environmental dangers for older adults’ health
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 30, 2024
Recent research continues to explore the complex relationship between environmental factors and healthy aging, with new findings pointing to specific areas that may play a role in the aging process.
Simple test best to predict hip fracture risk in older adults, new study finds
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 30, 2024
Researchers recently evaluated three tools to help predict risk of hip fracture in adults aged 80 and older, a population that accounts for 70% of hip fractures in the United States. The three processes...
Experts present 7 strategies for successful care of older adults with obesity
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 30, 2024
Quality clinical care for older adults diagnosed with obesity as a disease took center stage at a June 2023 summit hosted by the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). The roundtable discussion, including...
Clinical briefs for Monday, July 1
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 30, 2024
House committee passes bill allowing Medicare to cover weight-loss drugs … Gardening boosts healthy cognitive aging in older adults, study finds … Tai chi helps breast cancer survivors combat insomnia...
With the ‘Wicked Witch’ of regulation dead, nursing home staffing rule could follow
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2024
The Supreme Court’s landmark decision Friday revoking broad deference to federal agencies is likely to bolster legal arguments against a federal nursing home staffing rule, experts told McKnight’s...
How AI could open doors to better care, smoother long-term care operations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2024
Aging services organizations already are using artificial intelligence, whether or not they realize it.
The perpetrators of a $900 million healthcare scam targeted nursing homes and other facilities where seniors lived, looking for Medicare patients whom they could dupe into receiving expensive wound care...
Also in the News for Monday, July 1
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2024
All adults over 75 should get RSV vaccine before fall, CDC recommends … Experts call on CMS to reevaluate its value-based initiatives in House hearing … AHCA announces 2024 Silver Quality Award