Tag: Seniors
New Model Predicts Two-Year Risk for Fall Injuries in Nursing Home Residents
Clinical tool includes five characteristics, including activities of daily living and history of nonhip fracture
Yoga May Improve Markers of Frailty in Older Adults
Some clinically meaningful improvements seen compared with education or inactive control
More Steps Reduce Risk for New Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults
500 more daily steps associated with 14 percent lower risk for cardiovascular disease event over 3.5 years
Antidepressant Augmentation Examined in Seniors With Depression
Improvement in well-being and remission seen with aripiprazole-augmentation of existing antidepressants
FDA Panel Backs Second RSV Vaccine for Older Americans
In two-part vote, panel voted 10 to 2 in favor of the vaccine's safety and unanimously on the shot's effectiveness
FDA Panel Backs Pfizer RSV Vaccine for Older Americans
Pfizer has reported that its vaccine would reduce risk from RSV by as much as 86 percent
Frailty Tied to Higher Risk for Suicide Attempts in Older Veterans
Lower levels of frailty were associated with greater risk for suicide death
Aggressive End-of-Life Care Often Used in Seniors With Metastatic Cancer
Aggressive end-of-life care used more often by nursing home residents than community-dwelling residents aged 66 years or older
Being Physically Active Linked to Higher Later-Life Cognitive State
Effect sizes similar across all adult ages and for those who were moderately and most physically active
2008 to 2017 Saw Decline in ADL, Functional Limitations for Seniors
Odds of decline in both activities of daily living limitations, functional limitations attenuated with adjustment for educational attainment
