Psychology & Psychiatry
Care home study highlights COVID's mental toll
Being unable to see and touch loved ones during the pandemic has triggered a range of negative emotions among study participants, researchers say.
Apr 19, 2021
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Medical economics
Growth in home health care failing to keep up with surging demand, study finds
Recent growth in the number of health care workers providing home care for Medicare patients is "small and inadequate" compared with the increasing demand in an aging America, a new study suggests.
Apr 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New recommendations for healthcare workers: Prioritize opportunities for families to say final goodbyes
Phone calls between patients and their relatives should be prioritized during the pandemic to allow loved ones to say goodbye, a new study providing recommendations to healthcare professionals has suggested.
Mar 31, 2021
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Pediatrics
Study evaluates quality of life and the burden of care with Prader‐Willi syndrome
Researchers from the School of Medicine at Trinity have evaluated the impact of the rare genetic disorder, Prader-Willi syndrome on the quality of life of the affected child, and their family.
Feb 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In California, COVID death rate higher for people with IDD living in congregate settings
A new study published recently in ScienceDirect by researchers from Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University shows that California residents who receive services for intellectual and development disabilities ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Aging in place: Home is where our heart and health is
Age may well be just a number, but it will inevitably catch up to us. Physically, and mentally, we just won't be able to do the things we once could. But with a little bit of help, we could delay the move into the aged care ...
Nov 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Residential context important factor in risk of COVID-19 mortality among older adults, Stockholm study suggests
Older people living with or in close contact with people of working age may be at higher risk of COVID-19 mortality in Stockholm, Sweden, according to an observational study published today in The Lancet Healthy Longevity ...
Oct 28, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Facing up to the dementia home care dilemma of COVID-19
In the UK, over 850,000 people are living with dementia. This is expected to hit over 1 million by 2025, with numbers consistently rising. But it's not only the person with the condition that is affected. Family members and ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
The combination of dementia and domestic abuse is all too often overlooked
Around the world, domestic abuse affects one in three women, and every three seconds, someone develops dementia. Yet despite the prevalence of both these issues, little attention is given to what happens when they are combined. ...
Aug 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rapid changes in end-of-life care will affect patients at home and in care homes in the UK
Family members are being trained to administer drugs to end-of-life patients at home and in care homes in the UK, in case doctors or nurses are not available to give injections when needed. And new palliative care drugs are ...
Jun 17, 2020
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