Tag: aging

New research shows that people nursing homes with higher concentrations of Black and Latino residents were more than 50% more likely to be infected with COVID and twice as likely to die in the first ...

The installation of Kathi Heffner, PhD, and Vankee Lin, PhD, RN, as Wilson Professors was unlike any that had come before it. For starters, this was the University of Rochester’s first virtual ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center is launching a new research network. The Network for Emotional Well-Being (NEW) Brain Aging Center is one of only five centers nationwide funded by the ...

Wilmot researchers helped to develop a risk tool that found eight key predictors of whether chemotherapy side effects were likely to be minimal or severe for older adults.

Older residents from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds and their caregivers bear the severest brunt from COVID-19 across the entire spectrum of US nursing homes and assisted living ...

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center will collaborate on a study that investigates why some older patients, who become severely ill from ...

Long-term care facilities with lower nurse staffing levels, poorer quality scores, and higher concentrations of disadvantaged residents suffer from higher rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases, according ...

A new center at the University of Rochester is bringing together researchers to find new and innovative ways to promote social connectedness and the overall health of older adults caring for a loved ...

The Highland Hospital Foundation presented the 2019 Heritage Award to Robert McCann, M.D., MACP, a long-time member of the Highland Hospital Board and former board chair, at a ceremony at the Genesee ...

A Wilmot Cancer Institute-led study in JAMA Oncology shows that when physicians fully appreciate the concerns of older adults with cancer, such as function and forgetfulness, it elevates patient care ...