A nationwide survey found that older Americans are concerned about potential injuries and costs that occur with falls. Specifically, 71% of older Americans are worried about falling while 42% have had...
States could cut healthcare costs by delivering patient-tailored meals, study suggests
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 01, 2024
Healthcare costs could go down in nearly every state with programs that deliver meals customized for people with conditions such as heart disease or diabetes, a new study finds. The meals could prevent...
Meet Jessie Bosshard, 2024 Rising Star honoree
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 03, 2024
Jessie Bosshard, executive director at Given Home First (Givens Estates) in Asheville, NC, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
FDA approves second monoclonal antibody treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 02, 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a second monoclonal antibody treatment for for early Alzheimer’s on Tuesday. Eli Lilly’s Kisunla (donanemab), which has proven to slow the disease...
Report: 28 percent of healthy folks over 60 have heart valve disease
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 26, 2024
About 28% of relatively healthy people over the age of 60 have heart valve disease, which could lead to more serious cardiovascular complications. This is according to a report published Wednesday in European...
Program boosts positive emotions in healthcare workers
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 27, 2024
Systemic and organizational changes are vital to help healthcare workers manage stress and burnout, but workers also are looking for programs to help them develop individual resilience. An online, self-guided...
Hundreds of strangers attend, provide services at funeral of veteran abandoned at nursing home
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Eliza Mattson
Jul 03, 2024
When nursing homes find themselves with a deceased resident whom family and friends do not lay claim to, there can still be a heartwarming outcome.
Meet Christine Slater, 2024 Spirit Award winner
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 01, 2024
Christine Slater, caregiver at HomeWell Care Services in Worthington, OH, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Family can’t sue nursing home after resident’s undiagnosed COVID led to husband’s death
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2024
The family of a former nursing home patient cannot sue the facility or a doctor there for discharging her while a COVID-19 test was pending, even though she soon passed the virus onto her husband, who...
Alzheimer’s history on maternal side linked to higher disease risk, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 17, 2024
People with a history of Alzheimer’s disease on their mother’s side or both parents’ sides of the family had higher levels of amyloid plaques in their brains compared to those with fathers who...