Most older patients embrace move toward deprescribing, poll finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 24, 2023
Fully 80% of older adults would be willing to stop one or more of their long-term prescription medicines with their doctor’s approval, according to new national poll data.
Most nursing homes lack tech capacity to communicate with clinical partners
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 09, 2022
Fully 68% of facilities surveyed nationwide were unable to communicate electronically with external partners, including clinics, labs or pharmacies, researchers from the Columbia University School of Nursing...
Those with essential tremor have higher risk of cognitive impairment, study finds
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Donna Shryer
Apr 29, 2024
Essential tremor (ET), a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary, rhythmic shaking of the hands and head, is one of the most common movement disorders, affecting an estimated 2.2% of the United...
Healthcare worker study finds 27 percent developed long COVID
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 07, 2023
Fully 20% of workers across a healthcare system developed long COVID after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Investigators have pinpointed key factors that may have heightened their risk.
Fall vaccination campaign could avert 160,000 U.S. deaths, analysts project
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 27, 2022
Fully 160,000 deaths and 1.7 million hospitalizations could be averted if 80% of the eligible U.S. population received COVID-19 booster doses this fall, the Commonwealth Fund estimates in a new report.
Nurses ranked as ‘most honest and ethical’ professionals for 21st year in row
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 11, 2023
Nurses have again reached the top spot in Gallup’s annual Most Honest and Ethical Professions Poll. Fully 79% of respondents said that nurses have “very high” or “high” honesty and ethical standards,...
14.7 percent of nurses at inpatient communities are unengaged, survey finds
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Kristen Fischer
Sep 26, 2023
A new report finds that less than half of the nurses in the US are fully engaged on the job — something that could have implications on care at long-term care communities. That’s where 14.7% of nurses...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, July 28
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 28, 2022
Study details how COVID outbreaks led to lasting staff loss in nursing homes — and poses solutions … McKnight’s podcast: Why LTC providers must embrace more palliative care … Thursday’s CDC...
Survey: Older adults less active, more isolated than before pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 27, 2023
Older U.S. adults continue to experience COVID-19 exposure anxiety, keeping them less active and more isolated, new survey results find.
AARP: Nursing home residents in West bearing brunt of COVID infection uptick
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 22, 2022
Nursing home deaths and cases continued to rise in July for the third consecutive month, according to the latest analysis of federal data. Weekly upticks hint that the increases have not yet peaked.