Knee osteoarthritis linked to more rapid brain aging, dementia risk
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 08, 2024
People with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) may have a higher risk of cognitive decline including dementia. Specifically, those with knee osteoarthritis have more accelerated brain aging, according...
Care for dementia patients declined due to pandemic, South Korean study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 08, 2024
Researchers evaluated changes in mortality and mental and physical loss in people with dementia during the pandemic. There weren’t big changes in death, but loss rose after February 2020 — about the...
LTC pharmacies forced to borrow to buy patient drugs, close as drug middlemen tighten grip on sector
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2024
Nursing home patient access to prescription drugs is being squeezed as several market and regulatory factors have combined to increase the power pharmacy benefit managers have over long-term care pharmacies,...
Medicare Advantage rule finalizes independent appeals process, helping providers ‘stuck in the middle’
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 08, 2024
A final rule announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Thursday revised the appeals process for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who have been denied coverage. The new rule should be a...
Telehealth inequities may arise for older adults with vision problems, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 05, 2024
Older adults in the United States with vision impairments were less likely to have access to technology such as tablets and mobile phones compared to those without difficulty seeing, according to a new...
Study: Many older minorities who need cochlear implants for hearing loss aren’t being referred for...
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 05, 2024
People who have severe or profound hearing loss may benefit from having cochlear implants. But only a minority of older adults who could use them are being referred for them. And certain populations are...
Death, hospice rates higher in memory care facilities: study
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 04, 2024
There was a higher death rate and rate of using hospice in residents with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia receiving memory care treatment at assisted living communities compared to those at...
Contact with young kids tied to risk of pneumonia in older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 04, 2024
It’s common for people over 60 to have pneumonia-causing bacteria, and contact with preschool and young children seems to be an important factor linked to the transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae...
Life expectancy went up globally from 1990 to 2021, report shows
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 04, 2024
Globally, life expectancy rose by 6.2 years from 1990 to 2021, a new study finds.
CMS provides first look at shorter, Risk-Based Survey process
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday revealed initial information about a potential “Risk-Based Survey” option that could be available to some of the nation’s best performing...