Bipartisan Senate caucus asks CMS to support palliative care in assisted living … Calif. top court to consider employer liability for COVID infections in employees’ families … USPSTF recommends against...
The finality of saying yes
By
Martie Moore
Jun 03, 2022
“I do not know that you understand what it feels like to say, ‘no’ to treatments, aggressive interventions or medications and ‘yes’ to the finality of death. It isn’t until you have to speak...
Correcting the misperception of palliative care
By
Andrew Esch
Jun 01, 2022
Palliative care is an often-misunderstood term, even for patients and providers who believe they understand what it is.
Spirituality boosts quality of life for heart failure patients: review
Mar 31, 2022
Clinicians should consider spirituality as a potential target for improving patient-centered, clinical outcomes in these patients, the authors of a new review contend.
Validating fears helps shift patients’ palliative care expectations: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 16, 2022
Patients and family members are better able to consider end-of-life care recommendations when their healthcare provider focuses on changing expectations rather than on changing emotions, researchers have...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Aug. 6
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 06, 2021
Behavioral nudges increase COVID-19 vaccination … Older adults with prostate cancer often die from cardiac diseases, COPD … Level of amyloid beta in mid-life blood test may forecast Alzheimer’s risk...
Calculator predicts elders’ need for palliative care
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 07, 2021
A new online tool can help frail older adults and their clinicians estimate six-month life expectancy and better plan for end-of-life care, according to real-world studies from Canada.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, June 8
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 08, 2021
People who never wear masks are twice as likely to get COVID, poll shows … CDC: mRNA vaccines found to reduce COVID severity in breakthrough infections among vaccinated people … Knowledge of palliative...
Telemedicine a boon for LTC residents and operators during pandemic: review
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 22, 2021
Telemedicine has had measurable clinical effects on residents, including reduced emergency and hospital admissions, reductions in physical restraints, and improved vital signs, nurse-researchers have found.
These factors predict residents’ emergency care outcomes, palliative experts find
By
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.