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
May 28, 2019
(Reuters) – Skilled nursing facilities in the U.S. often discharge Medicare patients before daily co-payments kick in, according to a new U.S. study that suggests some patients may be sent home for financial reasons before they’re medically ready to leave. … Read More
May 22, 2019
(Nature) – When Serggio Lanata moved to San Francisco in 2013, he was stunned by its sprawling tent cities. “Homelessness was everywhere I looked,” he says. Lanata, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), was also struck … Read More
May 9, 2019
(Quartz) – And the prospect of losing oneself, in general, often frightens people far more than the threat of physical pain. In Oregon, one of six US states with laws allowing physician-assisted suicide, only a quarter of the 1,275 terminally … Read More
April 30, 2019
(BBC) – Millions of elderly people have a form of dementia that has been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers. One expert called it the most important dementia finding in years. The condition, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, or Late, … Read More
April 29, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – Smith belongs to the Bureau of Sages, a group of vulnerable seniors who advise researchers about what matters to older adults, how to involve them in research about aging and how to communicate with them effectively … Read More
April 11, 2019
(Reuters) – After a heart attack, frail older adults may live longer by taking several medications typically prescribed to prevent future heart problems, but the drugs might also contribute to increased frailty, a U.S. study suggests. Within 90 days of … Read More
April 9, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – In a nation where suicide continues to climb, claiming more than 47,000 lives in 2017, such deaths among older adults — including the 2.2 million who live in long-term care settings — are often overlooked. A … Read More
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