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Investigating increased healthcare usage after SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a new study, researchers evaluated the post-acute burden of healthcare use after SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults.

20 Oct 2022

Long COVID study finds increased rates of health system use after SARS-CoV-2 infection

A large study on the impact of long COVID found increased rates of health system use 2 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, which has implications for health care delivery in the future. The study, which included more than half a million people in Ontario, Canada, is published in CMAJ.

18 Oct 2022

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

After 11 days in a St. Paul, Minnesota, skilled nursing facility recuperating from a fall, Paula Christopherson, 97, was told by her insurer that she should return home.

4 Oct 2022

World Alzheimer’s Day 2022: Improving Post-Diagnosis Care with COGNISANCE

To commemorate World Alzheimer's Day, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Meredith Gresham, coordinator of COGNISANCE: Co-Designing Dementia Diagnosis And Post Diagnostic Care, about the project and post-dementia diagnosis care for patients and their families.

21 Sep 2022

Winners of the 2022 CURE-19 Research Pilot Grants announced

The Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and NYC Health + Hospitals have announced the 2022 awardees of the CURE-19 Research Pilot Grants, an initiative to support collaborative, interdisciplinary COVID-19 research that will address both the pandemic and root causes of health disparities in New York City.

14 Sep 2022

Vaccines that induce mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 are needed

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United Kingdom studied assessed plasma and nasal antibody (Ab) responses induced after a year of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated hospitalization and the potential boost by subsequent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccinations in the United Kingdom (UK).

12 Sep 2022

Wearable assistive robot can detect and prevent a fall before it happens

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) have developed a wearable assistive robot that can detect and prevent a fall before it happens, reducing the user's risk of sustaining injuries.

7 Sep 2022

Study: Family caregivers in the UK felt 'powerless, voiceless and choiceless' during the early pandemic

Family caregivers in the UK were marginalised during the pandemic, and vulnerable older people were let down by the health system, a new study has found.

11 Aug 2022

Pressure ulcers' number and severity found to be underreported by U.S. nursing homes

Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that the number and severity of pressure ulcers suffered by Medicare residents in U.S. nursing homes is substantially underreported, leading to unreliable data that many consumers use to determine where to receive long- or short-term care.

10 Aug 2022

A comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antibody profiles in elderly and younger individuals

Researchers evaluate antibody titers after double COVID-19 vaccination among very elderly individuals over the age of 90 and a younger population.

27 Jul 2022

$50 million PCORI funding approved for studies focused on treating suicidal depression and bipolar depression

Research teams at Mass General Brigham's founding members, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, have been approved for more than $50 million in funding awards by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for studies focused on treating two important mental health conditions.

26 Jul 2022

Is there an association between COVID-19 vaccination and sudden sensorineural hearing loss?

Researchers investigated a potential association between COVID-19 vaccination and sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

20 Jul 2022

More than £15 million funding will help local authorities to implement new social care charging reforms

More than £15 million will be given to local authorities across England today (Wednesday 15 June) to help them implement new social care charging reforms to bring an end to the unpredictable cost of care for the public.

15 Jun 2022

Medicaid weighs attaching strings to nursing home payments to improve patient care

The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation's 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements or diverted to profits.

10 Jun 2022

People with inflammatory immune conditions had increased risk of COVID-19-related death before vaccination

People with certain inflammatory immune conditions affecting the joints, bowel and skin, such as rheumatoid arthritis, may have been more at risk of dying or needing hospital care if they got COVID-19 before vaccination compared with the general population, according to a new study published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

9 Jun 2022

Home Care News and Research

Investigating increased healthcare usage after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Long COVID study finds increased rates of health system use after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

World Alzheimer’s Day 2022: Improving Post-Diagnosis Care with COGNISANCE

Winners of the 2022 CURE-19 Research Pilot Grants announced

Vaccines that induce mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 are needed

Wearable assistive robot can detect and prevent a fall before it happens

Study: Family caregivers in the UK felt 'powerless, voiceless and choiceless' during the early pandemic

Pressure ulcers' number and severity found to be underreported by U.S. nursing homes

A comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antibody profiles in elderly and younger individuals

$50 million PCORI funding approved for studies focused on treating suicidal depression and bipolar depression

Is there an association between COVID-19 vaccination and sudden sensorineural hearing loss?

More than £15 million funding will help local authorities to implement new social care charging reforms

Medicaid weighs attaching strings to nursing home payments to improve patient care

People with inflammatory immune conditions had increased risk of COVID-19-related death before vaccination

More support needed for healthcare workers to stay mentally healthy during the pandemic

Study reveals the prevalence and determinants of eating problems among older home care clients

Virtual event hosted by NPS MedicineWise focuses on improving health literacy

Death or readmission after discharge from COVID-19 hospitalization is common, study finds

After the pandemic hit nursing homes hard, California lawmakers push to tighten licensing rules

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How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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