Supervised exercise program beneficial for seniors with hip fracture
May 18, 2022
Greater improvement on Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Short Physical Performance Battery were reported with a home exercise program.
Review: Power training, strength training compared for older adults
May 11, 2022
Modest improvement was seen in physical function with power training versus traditional strength training.
Long-term air pollution exposure linked to late-life depression
Feb 10, 2023
The risk for late-late depression increased in association with increases in fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone.
Social work staffing may increase access, use of palliative care
Jan 05, 2023
An intervention to increase social work staffing on primary care teams serving rural veterans was tied to an increased use of palliative care following hospitalization.
COVID-19 outbreaks pose staffing challenges to nursing homes
Jul 27, 2022
The drop in nursing staffing levels remained statistically significant at 16 weeks after the start of the outbreak due to an increase in absences and departures.
Telehealth programs benefit obese adults with knee OA
Nov 30, 2021
An education and exercise program, with and without dietary intervention, was better than education only for knee osteoarthritis.
The findings were particularly strong among patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation.
Exercise plus cognitive training may aid seniors with mild cognitive impairment
Jul 26, 2023
Vitamin D supplementation was not an aid alone or in combination.
Cognitively enriched tai ji quan training good for seniors with MCI
Oct 31, 2023
Cognitively enhanced tai ji quan therapy was superior to standard tai ji quan and stretching exercise for improving global cognition.
Sen. Grassley demands details of community’s HR, social media policies after worker arrest
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2017
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking details of a Florida memory care community’s human resources and social media policies after a worker there allegedly secretly recorded two...