July 11, 2019
(CNN) – Maggots growing around a dying man’s feeding tube. Staff failing to treat the wounds of a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, forcing the amputation of a leg. Caregivers unable to recognize injuries on a woman’s pelvic area as signs … Read More
July 9, 2019
(Reuters) – Dementia patients may go to the emergency room more often when their caregivers are depressed, a recent study suggests. Researchers observed 663 dementia patients and their family caregivers – typically spouses, domestic partners or other relatives – for … Read More
July 5, 2019
(The Japan Times) – Ambulance crews have recently found themselves up against the serious issue of how to respond to cases in which family members of patients suffering cardiac arrest refuse CPR, claiming that the patients do not wish to … Read More
June 26, 2019
(Reuters) – Older adults who come to U.S. emergency rooms often have trouble affording medications, a study shows. And unfortunately, people who can’t afford medications are more likely to need more emergency department (ED) treatments and hospital admissions, study co-author … Read More
June 25, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – A Kaiser Health News investigation in April found that older Americans — a few hundred per year, at least — are killing themselves while living in or transitioning to long-term care. Many cases KHN reviewed involved … Read More
June 24, 2019
(The Guardian) – Life extensionists have become a fervent and increasingly vocal bunch. Famously, the community includes venture capitalists and Silicon Valley billionaires, non-gerontologists all, and nearly all men, who consider death undesirable and appear to have made so much … Read More
June 21, 2019
(The Atlantic) – Olshansky, speaking on a panel at Aspen Ideas: Health, co-hosted by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, said it’s time to move away from the disease-specific model of modern medicine and toward an approach that addresses the … Read More
June 12, 2019
(CNN) – Abuse in nursing homes remains under-reported in the United States, according to reports released Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General. One report estimated that 1 in 5 ER visits from … Read More
June 4, 2019
(Nature) – How deeply an anaesthetist should sedate an elderly person when they have surgery is a controversial issue, because some studies link stronger doses of anaesthetic with earlier deaths. So it should reassure clinicians to see a study in … Read More
June 3, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – Society gives short shrift to older age. This distinct phase of life doesn’t get the same attention that’s devoted to childhood. And the special characteristics of people in their 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond are poorly … Read More
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