A new study finds that walking five miles per week can stall the decline of cognitive function among seniors who are already experiencing mild forms of dementia.
Website debuts for HIV-positive seniors
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 01, 2014
Clinicians treating people older than 50 with HIV now have a new resource.
Alzheimer’s diagnoses not being shared
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2015
Only 45% of people with Alzheimer’s disease or their caregivers say they were told the diagnosis by their doctor, according to the 2015 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report.
Panel offers new framework for resident care approach
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2016
A panel of eldercare experts convened by the American Geriatrics Society has developed a definition for person-centered care that aims to standardize the approach across senior care settings.
Objective screenings tend to improve delirium diagnoses
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 06, 2017
Nurses and others who screen hospital patients for delirium tend to disagree on the diagnosis, according to a longitudinal study of three centers in the Netherlands.
No sweat OK: Stretching can improve blood flow, walking
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
Light stretching performed as little as 20 times over a month can make a big difference in quality of life for elderly people with low mobility, a study from Florida State University has found. That makes...
Two new good-mood payoffs: memories, decisions improve
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Elizabeth Newman
Mar 02, 2013
Boosting the mood of seniors helps them do better on decision-making and working-memory tests, researchers have found. In the first study to demonstrate how a positive mood can help older adults with brain...
Poor outcomes linked to severe weather
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Mary Gustafson
Dec 01, 2011
Long-term care residents who are displaced from their facility following a natural disaster are more susceptible to illness, injury and death, new study results show.
Common drugs hike death risks by 31%
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Aug 09, 2017
A class of medications commonly prescribed to seniors for conditions such as urinary incontinence might increase the risk of mortality among nursing home residents with depression, a recently published...
Coordination helps cut hospitalizations
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Apr 05, 2017
Care coordination models that use medication management, end-of-life planning and nurse involvement may help reduce hospitalizations and Medicare costs among skilled nursing residents, a recent study shows.