A new study from health policy researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health suggests that while regulators have several tools at their disposal to penalize insurance plans that break the rules, they rely mostly ...
May 5, 2026
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Intimacy doesn't disappear in long-term care, but clear guidance on how to support it often does. A new paper outlines a practical framework for how organizations can move from uncertainty and inconsistency to a structured, ...
May 4, 2026
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Some 80% of Mississippi counties have no adult day service centers, and even counties that do have centers cannot meet the needs of people with dementia and their caregivers, a new University of Mississippi-led study indicates. ...
May 4, 2026
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Older people who experience unstable finances, poor housing and fuel poverty are at increased risk of more rapid physical and mental decline as they age, a study suggests. Research following more than 15,000 people in England ...
May 4, 2026
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As Australia and the world face rapidly aging populations, technology is increasingly promoted as the answer to helping older people live safely, independently and well—but experts warn that innovation alone is not enough.
May 4, 2026
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More than 40% of older people admitted to U.S. hospitals have dementia, yet only half of them have been diagnosed with memory and cognitive difficulty. Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators have developed ...
May 4, 2026
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For an elderly patient facing end-stage kidney disease, the default answer has long been dialysis. But a new study by Duke-NUS Medical School and its collaborators at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and the National University ...
Apr 30, 2026
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Older adults with type 2 diabetes face a difficult trade-off: they are among the most vulnerable to medication-related harms yet are often underrepresented in the clinical trials that guide treatment decisions. A new study ...
Apr 29, 2026
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Published in BMC Medicine, the study analyzed data from over 150,000 participants and found the strongest associations in people who experienced adversity in both childhood and adulthood. These individuals were more frail ...
Apr 28, 2026
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Initial prescriptions for medications affecting cognition, such as antipsychotics, are disproportionately likelier to come from acute and post-acute settings such as emergency rooms, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities ...
Apr 28, 2026
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