Nursing homes in spotlight as gubernatorial hopefuls run on pandemic response
By
Joe Bush
Oct 24, 2022
The challenger to unseat incumbent Gov. Kristi Noem (R) in South Dakota made nursing home reform his focus last week at a campaign stop in front of a new nursing home.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Oct. 24
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 24, 2022
Experts offer compliance guidance on trauma care, drug-reduction as deadline hits … Need a PDPM boost? A new study points to physiatrists for $34,000 monthly kick … CDC advisers vote to add COVID vaccinations...
Frailty and dementia a big factor in seniors’ one-year surgery outcomes: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 21, 2022
Frailty and dementia appear to have an outsized effect on mortality after surgery, a first-of-its-kind study finds. The results highlight the importance of geriatric conditions in surgical prognosis, the...
Beta blockers may reduce mortality in patients with heart disease and dementia
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 21, 2022
Beta blocker therapy is associated with significantly lower short- and long-term mortality rates among all patients with a common type of heart failure, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Oct. 21
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 21, 2022
Use peer mentoring, not a ‘diet of distraction’ to combat isolation in long-term care … Behavioral health drug prescriptions surged during pandemic, Medicare data show … Diabetes drugs linked to...
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 21, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Oct 21, 2022
Privatized former county nursing home faces scrutiny over failure to pay taxes … Sanford Health system, parent of Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, reduces mostly non-clinical staff to ‘streamline’...
Weight loss in early Parkinson’s linked to cognitive decline
Oct 20, 2022
Patients who lose weight within a year of their Parkinson’s diagnosis have a significantly faster decline in Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores, investigators report.
The differences of managing a PRN float pool workforce
By
David Coppins
Oct 20, 2022
Nursing homes trying to eliminate their reliance on staffing agencies need to move their hiring in-house and manage the changing needs of a bigger workforce. A PRN float pool is one way to recruit more...
Why long-term care advocates are holding their breath over likely Congress power shift
By
Joe Bush
Oct 20, 2022
The effort to alter long-term care workforce policies is waiting, along with the rest of the country, on pins and needles for Nov. 8 election results.
Shingrix shingles vaccine protects seniors for 10 years, new data show
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 20, 2022
Older adults have long-term protection against shingles after receiving Shingrix, which has demonstrated 80% efficacy in ongoing clinical trials, the drug’s maker reports.