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A trial in six Michigan nursing homes that included chlorhexidine bathing significantly reduced the prevalence of drug-resistant organisms in the residents’ rooms when compared with control nursing homes,...

Substance abuse disorder staggering among older adults … Health plans aren’t sure how to cover Alzheimer’s, dementia … Study pegs some Parkinson’s cases to preventable risk factors … Study:...

A new paper covers barriers to psychosis care in long-term care facilities and how to tackle challenges in these and other settings. LTC staff training and support also are addressed.

Where staff members call home is a “large and significant predictor” of which facilities in a given county will experience a COVID-19 outbreak, a Harvard study finds.

Elderly individuals account for the greatest rise in a growing number of deaths from fall-related traumatic brain injuries, according to a new report.

If approved by the FDA, aducanumab would be the first-ever drug marketed to slow progression of the brain-wasting disease, according to its developer. But an advisory committee was unconvinced of the drug’s...

The fatalities account for 40% of the approximately 116,000 COVID-19 deaths nationwide, according to investigators. The actual counts are likely higher.

Cough and fever dominate the list of COVID-19 symptoms, but initial signs may be nonexistent, according to data from the outbreak’s first two months.

A daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids does not lower cardiac event risk in the frail elderly, and may be ineffective for cardiovascular prevention overall, investigators say.

A series of social interventions and a lockdown prevented 94% of infections in one province, according to analysts.