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Geriatric & Aging

December 1, 2020

“We Don’t Even Know Who Is Dead or Alive”: Trapped Inside an Assisted Living Facility During the Pandemic

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Posted in Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News, Nursing, Public Health



 
 

November 20, 2020

‘Encouraging’ Results for Older People from Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News, Pharma, Public Health



 
 

November 19, 2020

Not Just COVID: Nursing Home Neglect Deaths Surge in Shadows

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News, Nursing



 
 

November 19, 2020

Study Shows Delirium Can Signal Presence of COVID-19 in Asymptomatic Older Patients in ED

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, Neuroethics, News



 
 

November 16, 2020

Long-Term Care Workers, Grieving and Under Siege, Brace for COVID’s Next Round

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, Healthcare, highlights, News, Nursing



 
 

November 16, 2020

Covid Stole My Dad’s Final Months

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Posted in Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, Mental Health, Neuroethics, News, Op-Ed



 
 

November 13, 2020

Prayers and Grief Counseling After COVID: Trying to Aid Healing in Long-Term Care

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Posted in Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, Mental Health, News, Nursing



 
 

November 12, 2020

Doctors Without Borders to Deploy Additional Teams in France to Help with COVID Case Increase

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, Global Bioethics, highlights, News, Nursing, Public Health



 
 

November 3, 2020

Death Rates Have Fallen by 18% for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients as Treatments Improve

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, News, Op-Ed



 
 

October 30, 2020

40 Dead, Now 40 Laid Off: Inside a Nursing Home in Crisis

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Posted in , Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News, Nursing



 
 

October 22, 2020

For-Profit Nursing Homes’ Pleas for Government Money Brings Scrutiny

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Posted in Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, News, Nursing, Public Health



 
 

October 16, 2020

Why Most US Home Health Aides ‘Can’t Afford Not to Work’–Even Without PPE

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Disability Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News



 
 

October 16, 2020

Older People No More Susceptible to COVID-19, But Fare Worse

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Posted in Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, News, Public Health



 
 

October 2, 2020

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Appears Safe, Shows Signs of Working in Older Adults: Study

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News, Pharma, Public Health



 
 

September 30, 2020

‘Testing Hell’: Gift of Devices to Nursing Homes Brings New Problems

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News, Nursing



 
 

September 30, 2020

New Research Shows Older Adults Are Still Often Excluded from Clinical Trials

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, News, Research Ethics



 
 

September 28, 2020

In Isolating Times, Can Robo-Pets Provide Comfort?

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Covid-19, Emerging Technologies, Geriatric & Aging, News



 
 

September 25, 2020

Melbourne Aged Care Residents ‘Incarcerated’ in Rooms for Two Months

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, Global Bioethics, News, Nursing



 
 

September 18, 2020

Nursing Homes Given Federal Go-Ahead to Allow More Visitors

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Posted in Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News, Nursing, Public Health



 
 

September 17, 2020

An ‘Uncoordinated’ Immune Response May Explain Why COVID-19 Strikes Some Hard, Particularly the Elderly

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, News, Public Health



 
 

August 25, 2020

Elder Abuse

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Posted in , Covid-19, Disability Ethics, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, Healthcare, highlights, News, Public Health



 
 

August 20, 2020

An ‘Unprecedented’ Effort to Stop the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, Informed Consent, News, Pharma, Public Health, Research Ethics



 
 

August 18, 2020

Isolation, Disruption and Confusion: Coping with Dementia During a Pandemic

Posted by Bioethics Pundit

Posted in Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, Neuroethics, News, Public Health



 
 

August 17, 2020

The Crushing Isolation of Nursing Homes During the Pandemic

Posted by Bioethics Pundit

Posted in Clinical / Medical, Covid-19, Disaster Ethics, Geriatric & Aging, highlights, Mental Health, News, Public Health



 
 

August 11, 2020

U.S. Nursing Homes Saw 15% Spike in COVID-19 Cases in July, Report Finds

Posted by Bioethics Pundit

Posted in Covid-19, Geriatric & Aging, News, Nursing, Public Health



 
 
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