Next season’s flu vaccination is being tweaked for broader protection due to last year’s inconsistent coverage of influenza strains, U.S. health officials announced.
GAO reports blasts use of antipsychotics
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2015
Reports of excessive antipsychotics’ use in nursing homes have circulated for years.
More payoffs from social networking
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2015
Residents in senior living settings experienced multiple cognitive and emotional benefits from being trained in how to use social media, according to findings from a “landmark” study in the...
Providers blast mental health proposal
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2014
Mental healthcare providers for the elderly expressed anger over an apparent snub of seniors’ mental health services in a proposed new federal behavioral health plan.
Federal effort tackles abuse of elderly
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2014
Elder abuse is inflicted upon many of the more than 2 million Americans in long-term care settings, and more oversight is needed, according to a government report published Wednesday.
Advance directives reach record levels
By
John O'Connor
Jun 01, 2014
Seniors are completing advance directives in record numbers, but this is not having the expected effect of shifting people from hospitals to hospices in their last days.