Studies find quality of geriatric care uneven
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Older patients with similar chronic conditions receive treatment that varies widely, even among the top-ranked hospitals, according to studies released Thursday that suggest more
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Seniors who follow a Mediterranean diet and a healthy lifestyle have a mortality rate half that of seniors who do not, a study said.
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MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A sophisticated statistical analysis finds that influenza vaccination is not as effective at reducing deaths among older Americans as the raw numbers might imply.
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A new study based on more than three decades of U.S. data suggests that giving flu shots to the elderly has not saved any lives.
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About 35,000 fewer nursing home residents are kept in restraints on a daily basis -- down 23 percent from two years ago -- according to a federal report released Wednesday that also found fewer patients in pain.
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Some seniors are confused by Medicare's new prescription discount card system because early information mailed to them was unclear or incomplete, according to a report by the government's health policy watchdog.
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A controversial new government report reveals seniors often get wrong information when they try to comparison shop
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(WebMD) New data show that patients get vastly different levels of care at the nation&#39;s teaching hospitals and that top institutions offering more intensive and expensive health care often don&#39;t achieve better results.
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National Committee for Quality Assurance&#39;s annual State of Health Care Quality report is the culmination of a year&#39;s worth of measurement and data collection, the goal of which is to help drive improvement by providing as complete a view of health care
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TORONTO -- Nursing home workers say they&#39;re often overwhelmed or injured on the job and feel frustrated that they&#39;re unable to deliver the level of care elderly residents need, a new survey says.
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Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.
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Understanding doctors' orders can be a matter of life or death for senior citizens: those who had trouble comprehending their physicians died sooner than their more savvy peers, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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A central issue only now being systematically addressed is why some people age well and others do not.
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Death rates among elderly U.S. patients  have shown little change since the long hours worked by doctors  in training were cut in 2003 under a major effort to reduce  hospital errors, a study said on Tuesday.
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PHILADELPHIA A new study says diabetics treated by the VA health system get better care than diabetics under managed health .
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TUESDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- An intensive, home-based program to improve medical care for low-income seniors produced mixed results, a geriatrics team reports.
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Contrary to what researchers expected, placing a loved one with dementia in a nursing home does not make caregivers feel better. In fact, most were just as depressed and anxious