Joan Teno highlights urgent need for oversight and integrity reforms in a changing, increasingly profit-driven industry.
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Understanding the drivers of migration among patients from Puerto Rico with Alzheimer’s and related dementias
Brown researcher receives NIA grant to study migration patterns and health care
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Antipsychotic use in assisted living communities varies greatly across U.S. states, study finds
Lacking federal guidelines, health care professionals in state-regulated facilities determine dosing for seniors with dementia, greatly impacting the care residents receive.
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Final installment of seminar series examines the role public health plays in the climate crisis
Climate & Health Seminars explored the intersection of public health and climate change, from pandemic preparedness to global supply chains
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Drug Interactions, Adverse Events, and Alert Fatigue
New research supported by the National Institute on Aging will study the effects of multiple medications on older adults with the aim of reducing harms and improving efficiency.
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Medicare’s Goldilocks Problem
Andrew Ryan discusses the efficacy of a Medicare bundled payments program.
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New Voices in Dementia Research
Next-generation dementia care and research includes the voices of those living with the disease.
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Child’s Play?
Erlyn Rachelle Macarayan Ph.D., MS, RN is an adjunct assistant professor of health services, policy and practice at the School of Public Health. In her spare time, she writes children’s books.
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IMPACT Collaboratory expands massive effort to track COVID-19 vaccine effects
The National Institute on Aging has awarded a $1.4 million grant to a research team based at Brown University and Hebrew SeniorLife to partner with Walgreens to add customer data to a massive monitoring system of the long-term safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination for Medicare beneficiaries.
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Medicaid Expansion Linked to Reduced Mortality Among Dialysis Patients
A study finds that fewer patients with end-stage kidney disease died within a year of starting dialysis in states that expanded Medicaid coverage in the wake of the Affordable Care Act. IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS of Medicaid expansion due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of patients with end-stage kidney disease who […]