Geriatrics

New results of a retrospective cohort study showed an important trend with regard to COVID-19 cases and skilled nursing facilities practicing surveillance testing.

Our latest cardiology case report from Brady Pregerson, MD, features an older man with dementia presenting with hypotension and brought to the hospital with a possible STEMI. Can you determine the correct diagnosis?

New data from a study in China suggests that practicing tai chi may benefit cognitive function in adults dealing with diabetes as well as cognitive impairment issues.

Increased age, male sex, COPD, CHF, dependent functional status, and C. difficile infection were associated with increased mortality within 30 days of surgery.

This new data investigated the impacts of social, cultural, and community engagement by adults 50 and older on health care utilization.

New data suggest that older dementia patients who also have dementia are recommended to take apixaban, an oral anticoagulant.

New research on Medicare beneficiary data suggests that older adults who face food insecurity concerns may be at greater risk of more rapid declines in cognitive health.

New research assessed the association between perceived stress and cognitive function in Black and White adults, finding that stress screening for high-risk adults may be needed.

Recent findings found that an association existed between late-in-life depression and air pollution over time for the older US population.

New research into patient-focused deprescribing strategies for those dealing with the effects of polypharmacy in hospital and post-acute care facilities.

New research into the nursing home CMS rating system suggests that a revision may improve the public’s information access.

New research was found on alcohol consumption as a modifiable risk factor in dementia, in a study out of South Korea.

In a population-based cohort study in China, researchers found that a healthy lifestyle contributed to slower declines in memory for older adults.

Individuals with level 3 care needs, participants with hypertension or stroke and residents who used canes were at a higher risk of developing norovirus-related diarrhea.

Participants in the Tromsø study with both obesity and moderately high/high waist circumference at baseline had increased odds of being frail compared with those in the normal range.

Patients with late-onset depression died on average 1 year earlier than those with early-onset depression or those without late-life depression.

Exploratory analyses of data from the Look AHEAD trial suggest maintaining an HbA1c level of 7% or less was associated with smaller increases in frailty index over the 8-year study period when compared to their counterparts with an HbA1c level of 8% or greater.

New longitudinal data support bolstered use of booster doses among health care workers in US nursing homes.

After decades of unmet needs in the progressive form of vision loss, the complement inhibitor drug class is nearing the market for affected patients.

Data show older men and women are getting less and less sleep. However, women are much more likely to report such issues than men, despite faring slightly better in polysomnography tests.

The result show the gain in best-corrected visual acuity and the reduction in central subfield thickness at the conclusion of the core study was maintained up to week 24 of the extension study, with no differences in the safety profile.

The mean PCDP was estimated by 2 different methods to be 10.7 years and 10.1 years for open-angle glaucoma.

A faster rate of visual field progression was observed among 37 glaucomatous eyes treated with anti-VEGF for nAMD compared with a control group of 4304 eyes without anti-VEGF.

Individuals who were socially isolated at time of fracture had significantly worse function, ability to participate in social roles, and depression time of fracture.

In this study, the investigators assessed risk factors in patients with DRESS syndrome receiving vancomycin to treat gram-positive infections.

Genetic factors previously known to predispose people to hyperopia were not risk factors for clinically significant depression in the study.

New analyses suggest insomnia symptoms among older patients may play a pivotal role in the relationship between objective and self-reported cognition.

Research suggests disparities between racial and ethnic groups exist among patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Greater psychological resilience was associated with lower BMI, fewer hospitalizations, and greater mental QOL in the T2D population.

A recent study found that worsened visual acuity and depression were associated with neurobiological changes visible through MRI scans.