Friday, March 03, 2006

Many Nursing Home Residents Have Poorly Controlled Pain Due To Inadequate Medication Treatment. Researchers have discovered that many nursing home residents have poorly controlled pain due to inadequate medication treatment. The results of the study are published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. An interdisciplinary team of researchers designed and tested a Nursing Home Pain Medication Appropriateness Scale (PMAS) to screen the overall suitability of prescribing practices for pain in a nursing home setting... click link for more info. [Seniors/Aging News From Medical News Today] 7:37:23 AM    comment [] Tutorial Examines Federal Budget's Effect On Health Policy; Survey Shows Seniors' Feelings About Medicare Drug Benefit. Federal Budget and Health Policy Tutorial, kaiserEDU.org: Tim Westmoreland, visiting professor of law at Georgetown University and former counsel to the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, narrates a ... click link for more info. [Seniors/Aging News From Medical News Today] 7:36:51 AM    comment [] Frailty In Elderly May Be Prevented Or Reversed If Addressed Early. In a study to determine how older people progress through different states of frailty, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that the physical symptoms that mark frailty are often reversible and therefore amenable to intervention.Published in Archives of Internal Medicine, the study included 754 participants age 70 or older, who were not disabled in their basic activities of daily living, such as bathing and dressing... click link for more info. [Seniors/Aging News From Medical News Today] 7:36:08 AM    comment []

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