Other reports have shown that this reduced activity during the pandemic, in particular in its first waves, did not only happen in outpatients environments, but also in acute care, even for serious events such as a stroke [2] or the older adults rehabilitation setting [3]. This decrease in ...
"The first month of social distancing in America certainly saved lives, and yet it also created a situation where many older adults are not getting the care they need to manage serious health conditions," said Dr. Bruce Chernof. He is president and CEO of the SCAN Foundation, an independent...
To provide alternative training experiences for medical students to improve the competencies needed to provide care for older adults.Part of a comprehensive approach to integrating geriatric content at the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine, the Senior Mentor Program (SMP) was launc...
PACE is a comprehensive interdisciplinary model of care and an underused opportunity for furthering medical-dental integration. It uses local dental resources in order to accommodate the oral health care needs of the growing population of older adults preferring to age in...
(2013). Physiological and psychosocial age-related changes associated with reduced food intake in older persons. Ageing Research Reviews, 12(1), 316-328. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2012.08.002Finset, A. (2011). Research on person-centred clinical care. Journal of Evaluation in ...
There are an estimated 2 million older adults who are homebound or unable to leave their homes due to multiple chronic conditions and functional impairment. Home-based primary care provides access to care for these patients and has been shown to save costs for the Medicare program. The federal...
Care Management's Challenges and Opportunities to Reduce the Rapid Rehospitalization of Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Community-based frail older adults, burdened with complex medical and social needs, are at great risk for preventable rapid rehospitalizations. Although fe... Golden,Adam,G.,...
The report, the first systematic description of older adults'healthcare priorities, describes a structured process called Patient Health Priorities thathealth care providerscan follow to identify the life goals of older adults with multiple chronic conditions as well as theirhealth care preferences. ...
Adibe suggests checking in with your doctor at least yearly. That's especially true for younger adults, who she said tend to skip preventive care checkups the most. "We're seeing a higher prevalence of diseases like cancer in younger populations. I think we should push the younger population...
This study aimed to determine in a sample of older and seriously ill inpatients, the proportion who had: 1) engaged in four advance care planning (ACP) activities; 2) not engaged in ACP activities but wanted to; and 3) reasons why they had not engaged. Methods Cross-sectional face-to-...