According to a February 2017 release from The Health in Aging Foundation, taking more than five medications is linked to frailty. A release from the foundation notes that this may be because the medications interact to affect our ability to function well as we age. Frailty is a problem associated with aging. Someone who is… Continue reading Older Adults Who Take Many Medications Have a Higher Risk for Becoming Frail
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Preventing Unnecessary Hospitalizations of Frail Older Adults
A study from Indiana University and Regenstrief Institute researcher-clinicians reports on the first year of the implementation of OPTIMISTIC, an acronym for Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical quality and Improving Symptoms: Transforming Institutional Care. The team developed and implemented this innovative program to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations of nursing facility residents. Their paper, “The OPTIMISTIC approach:… Continue reading Preventing Unnecessary Hospitalizations of Frail Older Adults