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New Study Finds Medicare Advantage Enrollees Experience Similar Declines in Frailty Over One Year Compared With Traditional Medicare Enrollees
More work is needed to better understand the health services needs of older adults with frailty.
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Comprehensive Review Highlights Urgent Need for Frailty-Guided Clinical Care in Older Adults
Frailty identified as a key predictor in older adult health care outcomes.
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Hebrew SeniorLife’s Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD, Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
Honored for research related to clinical care and population health management tailored to a person’s frailty level
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Positive “Resilience Factors” Can Help Older Adults Mitigate Negative Effects of Loneliness, Study Finds
Positive factors include engaging in activities, expanding one’s social network, and using technology.
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Moderna Is Safest, Most Effective MRNA Vaccine Against COVID-19 for Older Adults, Study Shows
A study of older U.S. adults led by researchers at Hebrew SeniorLife and Brown University found that the risk of negative effects of both mRNA vaccines is exceptionally low, but lowest with the Moderna vaccine.
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Dae Kim, MD, MPH, ScD, to Receive Yoshikawa Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation Award
The American Geriatrics Society and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation have announced that the 2023 Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation will be awarded to Hebrew SeniorLife’s Dr. Dae Kim.
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Skilled Nursing Facilities Continued to Provide High Quality Care for Those Hospitalized During the Pandemic
New research suggests skilled nursing facilities were able to adapt and provide post-acute care rehabilitation to older adults during the pandemic.
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Research Finds Hospital Elder Life Program modified and extended (HELP-ME) has potential to improve hospital care of older adults
HELP-ME remote protocols broaden the reach of delirium care
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Older Hospitalized Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease And Related Dementias Face Increased One-Year Costs
Researchers find increased one-year costs of $34,828 in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias patients
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New Study Finds Staff Assumptions about Race Play a Role in the Variability of Care of Nursing Homes Residents with Advanced Dementia
Remedies include addressing staff biases, increasing funding for facilities, standardizing advance-care planning, and educating staff and families about evidence-based care and shared decision making.
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