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Costs top health worries among older adults

Health-related costs top older adults’ concerns for people their age, a new poll finds.

Understaffed nursing homes in disadvantaged communities are more likely to overmedicate residents with antipsychotics.

More staffing won’t be enough to ease disparities at nursing homes with residents with dementia, researchers report.

More staffing won’t be enough to ease disparities at nursing homes with residents with dementia, researchers report.

Dementia affects more than the brain. A new study shows the toll it takes on a person’s wallet—and on family caregivers, too.

Given the high risk of nursing home resident populations to COVID-19, their use of oral antiviral drugs is surprisingly low, research finds.

Nursing home residents with dementia get better care when they’re in the majority, but that’s typically not the case, research finds.

Nursing home residents with dementia get better care when they’re in the majority, but that’s typically not the case, research finds.

“…frequent COVID surveillance testing protected nursing home residents and undoubtedly saved lives,” says Brian McGarry.

“…frequent COVID surveillance testing protected nursing home residents and undoubtedly saved lives,” says Brian McGarry.