Geriatrics
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Alzheimer’s Awareness; Should Screening be Widely Implemented?
Introduction Senior Moments. At a certain point in our lives we start to experience these events. We joke…
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Relationship Between Activity and Avoiding Dementia Not As Clear
Lower activity levels later in life show clear-cut connection, but not middle age Researchers found no link between…
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Opioids Put Older Patients at Increased Risk, Study Finds
Patients 23 percent more likely to visit ER within 30 days of dental visit with prescription Seniors who…
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Resilience and Healthy Aging
Surprisingly, recent surveys reveal that older adults are coping well during the pandemic despite increased vulnerability to the…
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Protecting Nursing Home Residents From COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated US nursing homes and the process of protecting nursing home residents is ongoing.…
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Supporting Caregivers During COVID-19
The coronavirus will be a factor for some time, making proper training imperative for caregivers During the three…
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Remembering Our ‘Why’ at VITAS Healthcare
A Hospice Nurse’s Path to Personal and Professional Fulfillment: Stories from VITAS Healthcare This year, National Nurses Week…
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Cognition and Gait Decline at Similar Rates
UT Health San Antonio studies 370 older adults over a decade to show that cognition and gait decline…
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Elderly Patient Falls: Have we Made any Progress?
What kind of progress have we made toward preventing elderly patient falls in healthcare? For the last decade,…
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Dose reductions in nursing homes – more harm than good?
Mary is a 77-year-old lady in a long-term care setting with a long history of depression. She is…
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AGS To Expand Delirium Prevention Program
Latest addition to CoCare portfolio A seminal program for preventing delirium (the medical term for abrupt, rapid-onset confusion…
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4 Steps to Managing the Grieving Process
The grieving process is something that everyone will experience in their life, and nurses probably will experience it…
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