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For many nursing home residents, a trip to the hospital can be a jarring experience—one that leaves them confused and stressed. Yet avoidable transfers happen far too often, not only disrupting a resident's routine but also ...
Jan 3, 2025
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Cars are ubiquitous in the U.S. and mass transit service has declined. With the exception of a few cities like New York and Chicago, visiting cultural attractions, attending social events, transporting grandchildren, shopping ...
Oct 21, 2024
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Multilevel care interventions improved clinician–documented advanced care planning (ACP) compared with a clinician-level intervention alone for patients with genitourinary cancer, according to findings published in JAMA Oncology.
Jun 24, 2024
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Low-income Black and Hispanic stroke survivors with uncontrolled hypertension had a more than two-fold reduction in blood pressure when they tracked it at home and sent their readings to a nurse case manager. The gains were ...
Jun 6, 2024
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Dementia is the second leading cause of death for Australians aged over 65. More than 421,000 Australians currently live with dementia and this figure is expected to almost double in the next 30 years.
May 21, 2024
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A study led by Canadian researchers sheds new light on how to approach decreasing the carbon footprint of our health care system by thinking critically about end-of-life care.
May 9, 2024
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Children with life-limiting rare diseases and their caregivers face tremendous stress and anxiety about the heart-breaking decisions before them. A new intervention—designed at Children's National Hospital to support the ...
May 3, 2024
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The Alabama Supreme Court handed down an unprecedented decision in February 2024, holding that stored frozen embryos created for in vitro fertilization, known as IVF, were "minor children" under a state wrongful death law.
Apr 8, 2024
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A simple screening tool integrated into the admissions process for critically ill patients can streamline requests for palliative care consultations, according to a study published in Critical Care Nurse (CCN).
Apr 1, 2024
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A Rutgers Health analysis of millions of Medicare records has laid the groundwork for improving end-of-life care by demonstrating that nearly all older Americans follow one of nine trajectories in their last three years of ...
Jan 24, 2024
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