Black SNF residents less likely to see ADL skills improve in post-acute stay, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 16, 2021
Black residents have significantly lower odds than white residents of improving independence in activities of daily living after hip fracture and stroke, a study of Medicare and MDS data shows.
Let’s talk: Post-acute rehab patients need to be looped in about incontinence care, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2021
Post-acute care nurses are right on target with continence assessment and management, a new study finds. But their patients are largely unaware of these activities and think they’re going it alone,...
Few Medicare recipients enroll in cardiac rehab, despite expanded benefits
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 11, 2021
Cardiac rehab participation rose among Medicare recipients with heart failure after coverage expansion in 2014, but the numbers remain abysmally low at less than 10%, a new study has found.
SNF residents avoid repeat hospitalization with nurse-led heart failure program
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 03, 2021
Sixty days after admission, patients in the disease management program had a lower composite rate of rehospitalization, ED visits or mortality when compared with their peers who had usual care. The program...
Orthostatic intolerance common in post-acute patients, signaling need for clinical workup
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 02, 2021
Older rehabilitation patients should be assessed for symptoms of orthostatic intolerance upon admission, a new study suggests.
FDA approves ‘first of its kind’ vagus nerve stroke rehab technology
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 30, 2021
The prescription Vivistim System is designed to be used along with rehabilitation exercises in patients recovering from chronic ischemic stroke, the agency announced Friday.
Changing fracture hospitalization trends signal new rehab needs for seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 03, 2021
Extremity fracture hospitalizations and related deaths have declined overall in older adults, especially among women. But the number of hospitalizations for certain fracture types appears to be increasing...
‘Pragmatic’ heart failure rehab benefits frail seniors, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
May 27, 2021
Physical dysfunction problems often are overlooked in the care of older, frail patients with acute heart failure. But these patients find greater functional and quality of life benefits from early, transitional,...
Only a quarter of rural seniors who need post-acute care transition to SNFs
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 25, 2021
Rural Medicare beneficiaries are less likely than their urban peers to receive care from either a nursing home or home health agency following acute hospitalization, conclude investigators with the University...
Strength training tailored to older men and women maximizes benefits, physiologists say
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 08, 2021
Older men and women may be better served by a resistance training program that recognizes sex differences in how and where they build muscle, a new analysis finds.