12.16.2025
Clinical Alerts
12.16.2025
Shingles Vaccination Linked to Slower Dementia Progression
Receipt of the shingles vaccine Zostavax may offer protective benefits against mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in cognitively healthy older adults and significantly slow disease progression...
12.16.2025
Radiation Dermatitis
Radiation dermatitis is a common side effect of radiation therapy. While significant dermatitis rarely results from lower dose radiotherapy (e.g. single fraction palliative radiotherapy), it...
11.17.2025
Caring for Patients Experiencing Homelessness: 3 Practical Strategies for Palliative Care Teams
In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted approximately 771,480 individuals experiencing homelessness on a single night—the highest number ever recorded...
11.17.2025
Advance Care Planning Motivators Among Adults With Serious Illness
Advance care planning (ACP), or the process by which people and their surrogate decision-makers prepare for communication and medical decision-making, is associated with higher satisfaction...
11.17.2025
Nonmedical Stimulant Use and Stimulant Use Disorders in Palliative Care
Stimulants are amphetamines or amphetamine-like drugs. These include illegal substances such as cocaine and illegally manufactured and distributed methamphetamine, as well as the prescription medications...
10.21.2025
More Evidence Lowering Amyloid Is Clinically Beneficial in Early Alzheimer’s
Reduced amyloid burden after treatment with the antiamyloid donanemab (Kisunla) correlated strongly with slower cognitive and functional decline in adults with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease...
10.21.2025
Food Insecurity and Risk of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment with No Dementia in US Older Adults
The prevalence of Alzheimer disease and related dementias among US older adults is expected to increase by 2060. Food insecurity may lead to impaired cognitive...
10.21.2025
Taking Care of Patients with a Live Hospice Discharge
A live hospice discharge can be defined as when a patient is disenrolled in hospice care prior to death. This can occur for many reasons,...