Mobile health technology can be beneficial in encouraging lifestyle behavior changes and medication adherence among adults ages 60 and older with existing heart disease, yet more research is needed to determine what methods are the most effective, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published today in the American Heart Association […]
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Sounds, music linked to pleasant experiences can improve mood in people with memory problems
Hearing sounds that are linked to positive experiences from the past can considerably increase well-being, reduce depressive moods and alleviate behavioral problems in people with memory loss, a study by the University of Zurich in cooperation with clinical partners has found. The work with music and memories also benefits the nursing staff and carers involved. […]
Sorting out how politics, policies figure in flap over New York nursing home Covid death rates
The plaudits have faded for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Once hailed as a paragon of pandemic governing, he's since come under scorching criticism for undercounting the state's Covid deaths among nursing home residents by as much as half. The tallying flap drew attention to another misstep: a policy last March that directed nursing homes […]
Vaccines go mobile to keep seniors from slipping through the cracks
A mobile "strike team" is bringing vaccines to some of Northern California’s most vulnerable residents along with a message: This is how you avoid dying from covid-19. So far, that message has been met with both nervous acceptance and outbursts of joy from a population that has been ravaged by the disease. One 68-year-old pastor, […]
People with dementia found to have significantly increased risk for COVID-19
A study led by Case Western Reserve University researchers found that patients with dementia were at a significantly increased risk for COVID-19-;and the risk was higher still for African Americans with dementia. Reviewing electronic health records of 61.9 million adults in the United States, researchers found the risk of contracting COVID-19 was twice as high […]
Siegel rips Gov. Cuomo after bombshell report on NY nursing home deaths: Like 'setting a fire'
New York AG finds state undercounted nursing home deaths Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel reacts to the New York attorney general finding that coronavirus related nursing home deaths could be 50% higher than the state reported. Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel slammed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday, calling his […]
They Work in Several Nursing Homes to Eke Out a Living, Possibly Spreading the Virus
To make ends meet, Martha Tapia works 64 hours a week at two Orange County, California, nursing homes. She is one of thousands of certified nursing assistants who perform the intimate and physical work of bathing, dressing and feeding the nation’s fragile elderly. “We do everything for them. Everything you do for yourself, you have […]
CDC describes COVID-19 trends in nursing home residents, staff
(HealthDay)—Among residents and staff members in U.S. nursing homes, the rates of COVID-19 increased in June and July, then decreased by September, and increased again by late November, paralleling trends in surrounding communities, according to research published in the Jan. 8 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality […]
Thousands of unfilled Vacancies – staffing in German hospitals is getting worse
Many hospitals in Germany have to fill difficulty of care points. Nationwide, approximately 17,000 nursing posts are vacant, as on Friday published hospital-Barometer of the German hospital Institute (DKI) is demonstrated. Four out of five hospitals have currently problems to filling Vacancies in the nursing service at the General stations. The bigger the clinic, the […]
Intensive blood pressure therapy not beneficial in nursing home residents
Long-term nursing home residents with hypertension do not experience significant benefits from more intensive antihypertensive treatment, according to a study published online July 22 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Kenneth S. Boockvar, M.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues examined the number of […]