Report: Self-fit OTC hearing aids have similar long-term benefits as audiologist-fit aids … Virtual reality game puts positive spin on gait training … Scent impairments may increase with frailty, study...
Study highlights new type of memory loss often mistaken for Alzhemer’s in older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 17, 2024
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have defined criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that affects the brain’s limbic system and often is mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease.
Study probes bouts of lucidity among those with dementia
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Donna Shryer
Jun 09, 2024
A recent study published in The Gerontologist sheds light on a phenomenon that many caregivers of seniors with severe dementia have witnessed: moments of unexpected clarity or recognition, often called...
Residents’ high burden of chronic disease calls for operator-provider partnerships: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 16, 2022
U.S. senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care and housing to improve...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, June 7
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 07, 2022
NIC: Residents’ care needs have grown as staffing remains top challenge for operators … FDA: Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine effective, but heart risks a concern … U.S. cancer screenings fell 80% during...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, March 1
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 01, 2022
CMS wallops nursing homes with planned staffing requirements and increased penalties … FDA ups recommended dose of Evusheld monoclonal antibody treatment … Addressing residents’ kidney health an...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, July 14
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2021
NIC webinar on role of physicians in senior living runs today … Israel offers third shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine … 90-year-old infected by two COVID-19 variants of concern … Post-surgical pacemaker...
Clinical briefs for Monday, June 7
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 07, 2021
NIC: Nursing homes among ‘safest places’ for seniors following 98% drop in COVID cases … Vaccination is not a risk factor for sudden hearing loss: Johns Hopkins … U.S. population estimate foresees...
Pandemic reveals opportunities to improve indoor environment for residents, staff, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2022
Indoor air quality is one of the most significant factors in creating a healthy environment in senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities, according to panelists on a McKnight’s Online...
Long-term care risks extended negative image without more COVID data from operators: exec
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James M. Berklan
Jun 16, 2020
Seniors housing and care providers across a wider spectrum must start submitting data to increase transparency about the effects of coronavirus infections, says NIC CEO Brian Jurutka.