On-site intervention improves residents’ COVID-19 outcomes
A medicalized program has increased survival rates and reduced hospital referrals during facility-wide virus outbreaks, researchers say.
Palliative Care
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, May 19
Four ways to help residents prevent blood clots during pandemic … Georgia retirement community’s staff sheltering in place with residents during pandemic … Inpatient palliative care consultations more likely to result in hospice enrollment … Study links glucose control to COVID-19 outcomes
Clinical Briefs for Monday, May 18
COVID-19 social distancing is complicating a ‘silent epidemic’ of hearing loss in senior living … New End of Life Care in Frailty guidelines released … Late-life depression is tied to chronic disease, study finds
Adapt palliative care to meet needs of COVID-19 patients, say experts
Emergency-style palliative care is necessary to meet the needs of COVID-19 patients who won’t benefit from a ventilator, say specialist researchers.
Dementia diagnosis often means death within five years, study finds
More than half of adults diagnosed with dementia die within five years – signaling a need for informed conversations about care, say researchers.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, April 2
FDA orders all Zantac heartburn products off store shelves … Scientists discover gene that increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease … New CDC report adds evidence that underlying conditions raise COVID-19 risk … Pandemic palliative care guide covers care and scarce resource management … Only 5 retail sites open promised drive-through testing; most for healthcare workers
Statin therapy questionable in LTC, despite expanded indications, researchers argue
Despite life‐limiting illness, more than one-third of eldercare facility residents aged 65 and older remain on statins, finds a national study.
Palliative care shows promise for those with Parkinson’s
Palliative care surpasses standard care for improving quality of life and motor symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease, say researchers.
Clinical Briefs for Monday, February 10
Screen dementia patients for pain at every visit: new guidance from APA, AAN … New palliative medicine journal for clinicians launching in spring 2020 … U.S. hospitals harnessing resources to brace for any spike in coronavirus cases … Blood-based diagnostic sensor helps to accurately detect Alzheimer’s disease
Comfort feeding OK for those with advanced dementia, regardless of advance directives: AMDA
Stopping eating and drinking by advance directive is not identical to voluntary stoppage by the resident themselves, say the authors of a new paper.
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