Research Renewed Funding Supports Continued Telepsychiatry Care for Nursing Home Residents By URMC Communications Jul. 19, 2021 A University of Rochester Medical Center pilot project demonstrating that telepsychiatry reduces emergency department visits and re-hospitalizations for nursing home residents has earned long-term ...
Research COVID Infection, Death Linked to Racial Diversity in Nursing Homes By Mark Michaud Jun. 16, 2021 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 ...
Education Shattering Glass Ceilings By Patrick Broadwater Feb. 17, 2021 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 ...
Research URMC to Launch New Brain Aging Research Center By Patrick Broadwater Feb. 3, 2021 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 ...
Research New Tool Helps Seniors with Breast Cancer Make Chemotherapy Decisions By Leslie Orr Jan. 14, 2021 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.
Research Underrepresented Populations Suffer Most from COVID-19 in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Communities By Bob Marcotte Sep. 21, 2020 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 ...
Research New research examines COVID-19 impact on aging brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Sep. 14, 2020 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 ...
Research COVID-19 Toll in Nursing Homes Linked to Staffing Levels and Quality By Mark Michaud Jun. 18, 2020 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 ...
Research $3.6M NIH Grant Funds Center for Social Ties and Aging Research By Patrick Broadwater Jan. 8, 2020 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 ...
Highland Hospital Foundation Awards Highest Honor To Robert McCann, M.D., MACP By Wendy Boyce Dec. 5, 2019 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 ...