Geriatrics Research Highlights

January 6, 2018

Research Highlights

COPD
Does Singing Help Older Adults With COPD?
New research published online ahead of print investigated the effects that singing has on health-related quality of life and dyspnea in older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

LTC News
Care Suffers As More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs
Increasingly, owners of nursing homes are outsourcing services to companies in which they also have financial interest or control, allowing the nursing homes to claim to be in the red while owners reap hidden profits. 

Parkinson Disease
Four Research Updates on Stroke, Parkinson Disease
Hans-Christoph Diener, MD, PhD, University of Essen (Germany), recently summarized four new neurological studies that increase care professionals’ knowledge on managing stroke and Parkinson disease.

Depression
Treating Depression in Parkinson Patients
Researchers evaluated the effects of antidepressants on depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson disease.