Poll: Most vaccinated seniors plan to pursue updated COVID booster shots
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 12, 2022
Fully 61% of previously vaccinated seniors are “very likely” to pursue vaccination with the upgraded shots expected to be authorized this fall.
Forgo ‘fleeting conversations’ when changing meds during care transitions, clinicians urged
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 02, 2022
Partnering with patients and families in medication decisions helps avoid the safety and quality pitfalls of disengaged clinical care, researchers contend.
Pharmacists’ initiatives cut seniors’ anticholinergic drugs prescriptions by 73%
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 22, 2022
Including pharmacists as care coordinators helped to significantly reduce anticholinergics prescriptions, researchers report.
Seniors with hypothyroidism at high risk of dementia, investigators say
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 20, 2022
Hypothyroid disorders — especially those that require treatment with medication — are linked to dementia, a new study finds.
Seniors shouldn’t wait until fall for COVID-19 booster vax, federal health officials say
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2022
Receiving another booster shot now will not rule out getting a variant-specific shot in the fall, officials told seniors Tuesday. And a second booster shot provides a higher level of protection, they emphasized.
Women at ‘significantly’ higher risk of long COVID, researchers find
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 22, 2022
More women have long-term health effects related to COVID-19 than men. But men are more likely to have kidney and endocrine issues, Investigators say.
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...
Paxlovid cuts seniors’ COVID-19 risk, no matter their vaccine status: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 03, 2022
Both vaccinated and unvaccinated seniors with COVID-19 have lower rates of hospitalization and death when taking the antiviral pill Paxlovid, according to a new study from Israel.
New FDA initiative seeks to boost clinicians’ dietary supplements knowledge
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 03, 2022
Educational supports for healthcare providers include a continuing education program on the benefits and risks of dietary supplements.
Florida researchers receive $1M to study falls prevention in seniors admitted to the ED
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Diane Eastabrook
May 30, 2022
Senior ED patients will receive falls prevention supports, with the rate of recurrence tracked over a six-month follow-up period.