Tag: Seniors

Some models can allow a person to get trapped between the bed rail and mattress or within portions of the rail itself

Mild and moderate-or-greater hearing is equivalent to 5.84 and 7.28 years of aging, respectively

Current evidence is lacking and balance of benefits and harms of screening cannot be determined

Decrease seen in long-term residential care with admission avoidance hospital at home with comprehensive geriatric assessment

Online ratings perceived to be very important nearly as often as word-of-mouth recommendations from family and friends

Physicians should spend more time discussing possible side effects of a newly prescribed medication during the office visit, authors say

Almost one-third of older adults on thyroid replacement therapy take at least one medication that interferes with thyroid function tests

Two-thirds saying they have or will get vaccine was driven by interest from adults 60 years and older

Declines in global cognition and executive function significantly faster for women, despite higher baseline performance

Most common medication was gabapentin, which was linked to 33.0 percent of polypharmacy-days