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After Year of Isolation, Vaccinated Older Americans Start to Reclaim Their Lives

March 10, 2021 (COVID-19), 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Corona Virus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine, covid19, Elderly, elderly/concerns of older adults, geriatric medicine, geriatrics (elder care), HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, Isolation, older adults, Quarantine, senior citizens, seniors, vaccine, Vaccines, wuhan coronavirus

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Precisely two weeks after receiving her second COVID-19 vaccine shot, Sylvia Baer spent the day getting

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For elderly couples, negative thoughts about aging can be detrimental to their spouses

November 12, 2020 about, aging, be, Can, Couples, detrimental, Elderly, for, negative, spouses, Their, thoughts, to

Elderly husbands and wives can expect their health to decline—as well as that of their spouse—when their self-perceptions about aging

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Delayed immune responses may make COVID-19 deadly for elderly people

September 10, 2020 (COVID-19), deadly, Delayed, Elderly, for, Immune, Make, may, people, responses

Delayed immune responses may make COVID-19 more deadly for elderly people – and it may kill more men because their

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Doctors can help the elderly stay active during the pandemic

August 6, 2020 active, Can, Doctors, during, Elderly, help, pandemic, Stay, the

It is essential that health systems consider how best to support older people to remain physically active during this crisis.

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‘Baxter’ the robot can assist the elderly amid a shortage of nurses

August 23, 2019 'Baxter', A, amid, assist, Can, Elderly, nurses, of, robot', shortage, the

Scientists create a robot with two arms called Baxter who can help the elderly get dressed amid a shortage of

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Bacterial infection kills 12 elderly people in Essex

June 25, 2019 12, Bacterial, Elderly, Essex, in, Infection, kills, people

Strep A kills TWELVE elderly people in Essex as health chiefs desperately try to contain the potentially fatal bacterial infection

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Insurance plan to help pay our social care bills

May 1, 2019 bills, care cost, Elderly, funding, headlines, health, insurance payments, insurance plan, Lifestyle, Matt Hancock, Payments, Pension, pension scheme, Politics, social care

He said the scheme could be modelled on the “auto-enrolment” system for workplace pensions, where every employee joins a company

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Interdisciplinary care pathway helps manage frail, elderly trauma patients

April 25, 2019 care, Elderly, Frail, helps, Interdisciplinary, manage, pathway, patients, trauma

(HealthDay)—An interdisciplinary care protocol for frail geriatric trauma patients significantly reduces the risk for delirium and 30-day readmission, according to

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Preventing elderly falls through low-cost community events

March 20, 2019 community, Elderly, events, falls, low-cost, preventing, Through

Accidental falls are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults in the United States. While a number

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Impaired mental status is associated with doubled death risk after heart attack in elderly

August 26, 2018 'status, after, associated, attack, death, doubled, Elderly, heart, impaired, in, is, Mental, risk, with

Impaired mental status is associated with a doubled risk of death one year after a heart attack in elderly patients,

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