U.S. COVID-19 strategy must veer to protecting the vulnerable, experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2022
When planning for a future with COVID-19, some clinicians believe that the public health focus should turn from stopping transmission to protecting those most likely to become severely ill, according to...
Specialists propose new framework for dialysis decisions in the elderly
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2022
Older, frail patients with kidney failure may benefit from a new approach to dialysis discussions that supports a deferred decision, experts say.
Geriatrician survey: Swift telehealth adoption was ‘instrumental’ to pandemic patient care
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
Responses by Genesis HealthCare physicians offer insight into the dramatic shift in care delivery that took place as COVID-19 raged in 2020.
Skin tear education program brings docs and nurses together in post-acute care
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
The pilot program at a post-acute care hospital in Toronto successfully brought physicians and nurses out of their silos and revealed an opportunity to correct inefficiencies, geriatricians say.
Docs push for new COVID-19 funding as signs point to rebound in U.S. omicron cases
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2022
The alternative is to risk leaving patients without access to needed vaccines, treatments and testing, the American College of Physicians has told Congress.
Wearables predict resident decline due to COVID-19, study at PALTC22 reveals
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2022
Wrist-worn wearables and under-mattress sensors identified early signs of decline that regular staff checks didn’t pick up in nursing facility residents, according to a trial conducted by clinicians.
Effect of statins only ‘modest’ in lowering cardiovascular risk, study finds
Mar 16, 2022
Statins are often prescribed as standard-of-care for preventing adverse cardiovascular events in patients with high cholesterol levels. But the results of a new study question the basis for these clinical...
Six years after mandate, most of state’s nursing home residents had POLST forms
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Mar 14, 2022
By 2016, 81% of California’s long-stay residents and 68% of short-stay residents had physician orders for life-sustaining treatment recorded in the MDS.
Lasting cognitive decline common in older COVID-19 patients: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2022
One year after hospital discharge, 9% of study participants who survived severe disease had dementia and 26% had mild cognitive impairment — a higher proportion than their uninfected peers, investigators...
Levodopa does not relieve speech symptoms in early Parkinson’s, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 10, 2022
The gold standard drug used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease does not appear to have an effect on speech early in the disease course, investigators say.