Hospitalizations

A new study finds that about one-fourth of hospitalizations for congestive heart failure or bacterial pneumonia could have been prevented.

A new study found that using the antiseptic chlorhexidine and nasal iodine solution on nursing home residents worked to lower the risk of residents being transferred to hospitals for infection better compared...

Residents of long-term care communities in the South and Southeast are less likely to be up to date on COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report released Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and...

Doctors continue to give people medications that could raise their risk for falling if they’re already in the hospital for a fracture and have Parkinson’s disease, according to a new report.

Aspen gets FDA approval for Parkinson’s stem cell therapy … Experts not quite sure how significant disease burden of RSV is in older adults … Number of geriatric specialists not keeping pace with...

Older adults who are hospitalized who walk as little as 25 minutes a day can counteract the physical impacts of bed rest, a new study shows. 

Each year, there are almost 1.4 million emergency room (ER) visits for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs), a new study found. Accidents and behavioral issues are the most common,...

As a physician leader in post-acute and long term care settings, most of what I do aims to empower, coach and motivate teams to prevent unwanted hospital transfers. I confess that initially, many years...

During 2020 to 2021, patients hospitalized with COVID-19-associated fungal infections had higher length of stay, ICU admission and in-hospital mortality, researchers report.

Vaccination for COVID-19 has reduced by 22% the number of COVID-19 deaths among hospitalized patients dependent on oxygen, according to a new study.