Antiepileptic Med Use Increasing in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Antiepileptic prescribing among nursing home residents with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) is increasing, according to a study published online Nov. 9 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics…
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Hearing Held on Emergency Suspension of NH Nursing Home Administrator
The administrator of a Concord nursing home is waiting to learn if he’ll get his license back after it was suspended following three of his residents being rushed to the…
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Can Light Ease Agitation in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia?
Researchers from Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing and the College of Engineering have received a 20-month, $411,982 grant from the National Institute on Aging to study…
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Family Wants Answers after Resident Found Dead in Woods Behind Ohio Nursing Home
An 82-year-old resident of an Akron assisted living and nursing care facility was found dead from hypothermia in a wooded area behind the building Tuesday morning, according to the Summit…
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Massachusetts Hospital Issues Patient Code of Conduct
With violence against healthcare workers reaching epic proportions, Mass General Brigham Hospital has launched a campaign to curb abuse from patients and visitors. Read more here.
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Residents of ALFs lost significant, concerning weight during the COVID-19 quarantine
Older adults residing in assisted living facilities (ALFs) and quarantined to their rooms during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic lost significant weight, according to gerontology care providers and researchers…
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Texas Nursing Home ‘Intruder’ Was Fleeing Attacker
An intruder at the John Paul II Nursing Home Oct. 25 raised concerns, but it turns out that he was a victim of someone else.
Read More »Second COVID-19 Booster Increases Protection for Nursing Home Residents
The investigators analyzed data from about 9600 residents at 196 nursing homes operated by Genesis Health Care in 19 states. The authors compared outcomes in a subset of 1902 residents…
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Twice Daily Oral Zinc in the Treatment of Patients with COVID-19
The results showed that in COVID-19 patients, oral zinc can decrease 30-day death and ICU admission rate and can shorten symptoms duration.
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Governor Wolf signs PHCA-supported legislation that will hold staffing agencies accountable in Pennsylvania
After a near-unanimous vote in the state House and Senate, Governor Tom Wolf signed House Bill 2293 into law — legislation that will implement new regulations for staffing agencies. The…
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