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People were about 19 percentage points less likely to recommend life-sustaining treatment for a seriously ill patient with dementia than for a patient without dementia, even when an advance directive requested life-sustaining ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Misinformation and distrust are among the challenges facing public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo as they confront the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak on record.
Aug 25, 2026
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The study is the most comprehensive review of dementia hospitalizations ever undertaken in the UK. The researchers outline how delayed discharges, lack of communication among NHS staff and hospital environments unsuitable ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Ask people what they want at the end of their lives, and overwhelmingly the answers will revolve around comfort, dignity and time at home with loved ones.
Jul 14, 2026
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New research in the June 2026 issue of Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that small, targeted prompts delivered to both patients and providers at the right moment can significantly increase the number ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Advance directives document patient preferences for future care, including end-of-life. An analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that older patients with an advance directive that had been uploaded ...
May 20, 2026
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Despite a pressing need to improve outcomes and address inequities in nursing homes, there is limited evidence about the specific factors required to successfully implement real-world interventions in the complex and understudied ...
Mar 10, 2026
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If you're over 50, you've probably made, and perhaps broken, a lot of New Year's resolutions by now.
Dec 30, 2025
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A strategy for advance care planning (ACP) that included automated outreach from staff who contacted patients to offer assistance significantly boosted the number of patients who completed documentation outlining their wishes ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Grief for families in the aged care system begins long before the death of their loved ones, new research has found, highlighting the need for a systemic rethink of how grief is understood and supported.
Dec 2, 2025
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