Senior Mortality

There was a 15% drop in in-hospital mortality rates between the delta and omicron periods of the pandemic. Most of the deaths that did occur were in adults aged 65 years and older.

As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to mutate and vaccines become less effective, the oldest U.S. adults are having a harder time fighting off severe illness, according to a new report.

Residents with dementia had a 33% higher rate of death in 2020 vs. pre-pandemic 2019. Healthcare disruption — rather than COVID-19 illness alone — may be the direct cause of this disparity, the study...

Older study participants who scored higher on a standardized scale had twice the mortality risk of their peers. Investigators recommend exercise for lowering one’s “fatigability” score.

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In a facility with a 97% resident vaccination rate, the large number of infections shows that a shot alone is not enough to protect the frail elderly from SARS-CoV-2, researchers contend.

The steep declines in COVID-19 illness and mortality among the most vaccinated age group in the U.S. — seniors — demonstrate the potential impact of increasing vaccination coverage nationally, CDC...

Fully 91% of participants responded that they had at least one barrier to initiating advance care planning. When compared with their peers who reported none, these study participants were more likely to...

Long-term care COVID cases and deaths at all-time low, report finds… Kinless elders require expanded LTC services at end-of-life, researchers contend … Amgen tests souped-up remote heart monitoring...

Clinicians should be aware of preoperative opioid exposure levels to ensure older patients’ safe recovery, and to help determine the dosage of post-surgical painkillers, researchers say.