Older adults eye urgent care, retail clinics for care, poll shows
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 11, 2024
Older adults are turning more commonly to urgent care centers and retail clinics for their immediate medical needs, according to a new poll of 2,657 adults ages 50 to 80 completed in 2023. About 60% of...
Poor working conditions are a top reason nurses leave healthcare, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
Unpleasant working conditions are a top reason nurses walk away from their jobs at long-term care facilities and hospitals, and bid adieu to healthcare, according to a new report.
Global group urges stronger response to antimicrobial resistance
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
World leaders need to do more to prevent the negative effects of drug-resistant infections, according to the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in their report published last week.
Study: Parkinson’s disease raises risk for in-hospital delirium — and related need for long-term...
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
People with Parkinson’s disease are almost twice as likely to have delirium during hospital stays compared to others who are hospitalized but don’t have the disease, according to a study published...
Session on food insecurity in older adults a win for medical students, report finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
A learning session improved medical students’ attitudes about caring for older adults with food insecurity. The project was detailed in a report published last week in the Journal of the American Geriatrics...
Pilot program to boost pre-med students’ interest in geriatric medicine yields positive results, study...
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 05, 2024
A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows how pre-medical students exposed to geriatric medicine developed an increased interest in the speciality — a development...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, April 4
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 04, 2024
Standards needed for treating asymptomatic high blood pressure … Fecal transplant may help with Parkinson’s symptoms … Finding cancer higher in surveillance colonoscopies in older adults with previous...
Model can maximize RNs expertise, leadership in nursing homes, article contends
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 02, 2024
Registered nurses who work in nursing homes have specific practices and standards that differ from serving elsewhere. That’s why a new report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is pushing...
Study: MA meal program may improve post-acute recovery for food-insecure adults
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John Roszkowski
Apr 01, 2024
Food insecurity has often been linked to poor health outcomes. A new study suggests a targeted meal program for economically disadvantaged older adults may improve outcomes post-hospitalization.
Hospices with higher assisted living volume had lower-quality scores, study shows
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Kristen Fischer
Mar 29, 2024
Hospice providers that served higher volumes of assisted living patient days had lower-quality scores, according to a new study.