EDs rarely send seniors with dementia to hospice care: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2022
Despite a high likelihood of needing end-of-life care, patients with dementia who visit the emergency department are typically discharged to non-hospice settings and frequently return to the ED, investigators...
CDC data reveal drug types most linked to emergency department visits among seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
Emergency department visits for medication harm to older adults most frequently involve prescribed anticoagulants and diabetes drugs, according to a new federal study.
Rates of illness, death, hospital admissions plummet in seniors after vaccine rollout: CDC
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2021
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...
Resident hospital transfer forms: The 5 most useful pieces of information
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Alicia Lasek
May 12, 2021
The creators of a new automated hospital transfer form say they have identified the five must-have pieces of information needed to reduce clinical complications when nursing home residents are brought...
CDC debuts injury prevention campaign for elders, says most ED visits due to falls
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Alicia Lasek
May 10, 2021
More than 90% of seniors’ emergency department visits are due to falls — and rates are increasing, the CDC says. The agency’s new Still Going Strong campaign offers prevention information...
These factors predict residents’ emergency care outcomes, palliative experts find
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2021
A study that followed residents through all stages of emergency department transfers and care has found that certain comorbidities and levels of stress can predict subsequent recovery from symptoms.
Full-time nurse program cuts ED visits, saves $31 million for MO nursing homes
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 01, 2021
A program that put full-time advanced practice nurses in 16 Missouri nursing homes shows that Medicare should scrap billing restrictions on direct care services given by these providers, investigators...
Staff buy-in key to reducing ED visits with telemedicine, senior living study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 23, 2021
An attempt to reduce unnecessary emergency department visits with telemedicine triage failed when senior living healthcare providers were not on board. The findings contain lessons for for clinicians and...
What emergency docs see: Delirium signals COVID in older patients
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 23, 2020
Almost a third of older emergency department patients who were subsequently diagnosed with COVID had delirium at admission, investigators say. And many had no other COVID symptoms, such as cough or fever.
Residents with cognitive impairment face more hospital admissions
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 21, 2020
Respiratory distress was also linked to more admissions after ED transfers. In contrast, residents with falls, trauma or fracture, non-gastrointestinal bleeding, and pain were more likely to be discharged...