Antipsychotic reduction in LTC leads to drug substitutions, more delusions diagnoses
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 16, 2022
Antipsychotic reduction in long-term care facilities likely results in significant unintended fallout, new data from Canada show. The results mirror those of similar studies in the United States, with...
Common physical function test may be skewed by height and age, new study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 15, 2022
Sit-to-stand and gait-speed test performance is significantly affected by these factors, investigators say. They’ve developed a web app to help clinicians develop their own subgroup-specific reference...
CDC loosens controversial opioid prescribing guidelines for chronic pain
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 14, 2022
Draft revisions no longer include specific dosage ceilings. This and other changes address controversial elements of the older guidance and highlight clinicians’ roles in opioid prescribing decisions.
Gait speed slows long before dementia diagnosis, 15-year study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 11, 2022
Slowing gait speed may signal the onset of dementia up to nine years before cognitive decline becomes evident, investigators say. It’s also linked to Alzheimer’s-related brain changes.
CMS shares LTC booster data; coverage among residents meets national average
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2022
Nursing home booster vaccination data is now available on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website as part of CMS’s effort to help increase facility vaccination coverage, the agency said Wednesday.
Spinal anesthesia no better than general anesthesia for hip fracture patients: study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 08, 2022
Patient mortality and the ability to walk independently two months after hip fracture surgery are the same whether general or spinal anesthesia was used, according to a new study across 46 hospitals.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Feb. 3
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 03, 2022
CMS memo: ‘Dramatic staff losses’ not happening due to vax requirements … Remdesivir found effective as early treatment for COVID-19 … Social isolation linked to 27% increase in heart disease risk...
An Alzheimer’s cause found?
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2022
Researchers might have discovered why some people with protein plaques and tangles in their brains do not develop Alzheimer’s disease.
U.S. gives green light to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2022
“Spikevax” is the second COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to receive full FDA approval, following Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty in September.
What is the best post-acute care destination for an assisted living resident? It’s complicated, new...
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 31, 2022
Acute care clinicians and discharge planners need more complete information about LTC services and target populations to help ensure that residents land in the most appropriate settings, researchers say.