Wearables predict resident decline due to COVID-19, study at PALTC22 reveals
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2022
Wrist-worn wearables and under-mattress sensors identified early signs of decline that regular staff checks didn’t pick up in nursing facility residents, according to a trial conducted by clinicians.
Effect of statins only ‘modest’ in lowering cardiovascular risk, study finds
Mar 16, 2022
Statins are often prescribed as standard-of-care for preventing adverse cardiovascular events in patients with high cholesterol levels. But the results of a new study question the basis for these clinical...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 16
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2022
Feds’ slow booster rollout could be stunting uptake at nursing homes … Clinicians’ mental health a top safety consideration, patient advocate finds … Omicron subvariant now accounts for 23% of...
Driven by pandemic lessons, CDC advisers mull endorsing high-dose flu vaccines for seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 15, 2022
A decision to recommend high-dose influenza shots over standard-dose vaccines would be a welcome change, long-term care stakeholders say.
New study supports 10-day COVID-19 quarantine
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 15, 2022
Nearly 100% of people who contract COVID-19 after close contact with omicron-infected patients are diagnosed within 10 days, investigators say.
Damage to brain network helps explain dementia patients’ resistance to change
Mar 15, 2022
New study results are a reminder to help patients with dementia by taking more time to anticipate and communicate changes, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, March 15
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 15, 2022
CMS updates COVID-19 testing guidance for nursing homes … Patient advocate ramps up pressure on Medicare to cover Aduhelm … 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be needed, Pfizer’s CEO says …...
Six years after mandate, most of state’s nursing home residents had POLST forms
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Mar 14, 2022
By 2016, 81% of California’s long-stay residents and 68% of short-stay residents had physician orders for life-sustaining treatment recorded in the MDS.
Dietary quality has worsened for older U.S. adults, 2-decade study reveals
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2022
Fully 61% of older Americans have a poor quality diet, an increase of 10% between 2001 and 2018, according to standardized measures.
Lasting cognitive decline common in older COVID-19 patients: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2022
One year after hospital discharge, 9% of study participants who survived severe disease had dementia and 26% had mild cognitive impairment — a higher proportion than their uninfected peers, investigators...