Assisted living facility (ALF) residents are at greater risk of declining health and death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to advanced age, frailty, chronic conditions, and transmission prevention methods. One method, room quarantine, can lead to isolation and potential weight changes. Continuous room quarantine was mandated by the state for all nursing home and ALF residents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this review is to provide an update on topics in general geriatrics that are of interest to the field of geriatric oncology. Based on a review of high-impact journals in geriatrics for the prior two years and reviews of journals in which geriatrics updates are published, updates for hypertension, dementia, vaccination, and frailty are presented here. Recent studies have supported lower, more aggressive blood pressure targets in the management of hypertension, even in older patients.
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