What is behind surge in U.S. senior population? Preventive healthcare, professor says
May 29, 2023
The population of adults aged 65 years and older in the United States has grown at the fastest clip of any previous decade in 130 years, new census data show.
Large new study links social isolation to dementia risk
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 02, 2023
Compared to other risk factors for dementia such as genetic tendencies, social isolation may be easier to modify, investigators say.
WHO: Antibody treatment most beneficial for seniors, the unvaccinated, and immunocompromised
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 27, 2021
The World Health Organization’s new guidance for using the REGEN-COV monoclonal antibody cocktail to treat COVID-19 covers a narrower group of patients than those included in the FDA’s updated...
Dementia signs, symptoms may be different for Latinos, researchers say
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Alicia Lasek
May 27, 2021
Cultural practices and disease processes may explain why Latino adults with dementia experience faster functional decline and higher rates of depression and anxiety, investigators say.
Symptomless COVID infections found in almost half of US adults, CDC says
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
Approximately 44% of US adults were “possibly asymptomatically infected,” between August 2021 and May 2022, blood serum evidence shows.
Seniors with late-onset depression have poor treatment response
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 15, 2022
About one fifth of the patients aged 65 and older with first-time depression did not respond to antidepressant treatment during a one-year study period.
Program pairs nursing students with long-term care facilities to address staffing crisis
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2021
Long-term care providers EmpRes Healthcare and Pennant Healthcare are partners in the state-funded externship program with the University of Washington School of Nursing.
AMA asks clinicians to reduce focus on BMI as health measure
Jun 15, 2023
The American Medical Association is encouraging clinicians to reduce their focus on body mass index. The measure is a flawed tool and should be considered alongside other measures such as genetics and...
LTC docs push for more training, competency requirements for medical directors
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 11, 2022
It’s time for Congress and CMS to take action and raise the profile and competencies of industry clinicians — especially medical directors, according to long-term care physician advocate AMDA.
Remote infection control assessments have superior reach in early pandemic trial
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 29, 2021
Virtual infection prevention and control assessments reached four times as many skilled nursing facilities as onsite visits in the same timeframe, according to a study in 92 SNFs early in the pandemic.