Docs ignore EHR nudges to deprescribe dementia-linked drugs: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2021
An attempt to encourage reduced use of anticholinergics failed to win the attention of physicians and patients, according to a new study.
Meet Christiana Bonsu, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 06, 2021
Editor’s Note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior Living are profiling the McKnight’s 2021 Women of Distinction honorees daily July 6 through Aug. 6. To see the 2021 McKnight’s...
Leaders expect more providers to follow suit after first Massachusetts operator announces vaccine mandate
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Danielle Brown
Jul 02, 2021
More long-term care operators in Massachusetts are expected to start mandating COVID-19 shots for all employers after one of the first major providers in the state announced its own policy for workers...
Fall detection system cuts ‘time on the ground’ by 30 minutes, LTC study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2021
Investigators examined the effect of the SafelyYou Guardian real-time video monitoring system in six California memory care communities over 10 months. The proportion of fallers who spent more than one...
Cognition appears unaffected or even improved by certain drugs commonly prescribed to older adults
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Donna Shryer
Jun 22, 2021
Growing evidence suggests that statin therapy is not associated with incident dementia, mild cognitive impairment or decline in individual cognition domains. Meanwhile, a second study finds that antihypertensives...
Why do we need a Resident Engagement Institute?
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Jun 21, 2021
Prior to the global pandemic, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report indicated that long-term care residents receive only 11 minutes of engagement, with assisted living residents getting...
12th McKnight’s Online Forum arrives Thursday
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James M. Berklan
Jun 18, 2021
Leading experts on providing quality long-term care amid COVID-19 conditions will again highlight the 12th McKnight’s Online Forum on Thursday.
Medicaid, other payers’ demands driving increase in nursing home Joint Commission accreditations
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2021
When 28 skilled nursing facilities operated by American Health Communities earned Joint Commission accreditation this spring, they joined a growing number of nursing homes nationwide seeking an extra stamp...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, June 9
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2021
Twist in the FDA’s Alzheimer’s decision: no limits on which patients can get the drug … Biden administration advises changes to policies linked to N95 shortages … Frailty tied to increased mortality...
FDA approves first drug to slow Alzheimer’s in controversial decision
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 07, 2021
The evidence convincingly shows that aducanumab (Aduhelm) removes beta amyloid — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s — from the brain, slowing the disease’s progression and giving patients and families much-needed...