Geriatric Medicine News

Use of potentially inappropriate medications, as defined by the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria, was linked to an increased risk for hospitalizations, falls and mortality in adults with chronic kidney disease.

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, an observance recognized each year by the CDC and other organizations to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

The FDA’s decision to approve Aduhelm represented one of the agency’s “most controversial [approvals] ever,” according to a piece published in the Ideas and Opinions section of Annals of Internal Medicine.

Long-term care facilities’ frequent location in socially isolated neighborhoods increased risk for 30-day all-cause mortality among residents, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Peer-to-peer support did not slow the decline in health and well-being in older adults who received it compared with those who received standard community services, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Nearly one-third of nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation and advanced dementia stayed on anticoagulation in the last 6 months of life, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Older individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities were more likely to take more psychiatric medications and have more medical conditions, according to study results published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

The costs of COVID-19-related care that was provided to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries between April 2020 and December 2020 totaled $6.3 billion, according to researchers.

Tai chi was comparable to conventional exercise in reducing waist circumferences in a cohort of older adults with central obesity, according to results of a randomized clinical trial.

Social isolation and loneliness were associated with elevated risk for CVD in older women, researchers reported.