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Innovative care
Hopkins AITC announces additional awardees of second funding round
Published Jan 5, 2024
Grant recipients will receive funding to develop new artificial intelligence technologies to promote healthy aging
Packages of pills
Public health
Patient safety program reduces unnecessary antibiotic use in long-term care facilities, study finds
Published March 17, 2022
A study showed that antibiotic stewardship programs helped limit the unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics in long-term care facilities
Elderly hands
Q+A
The impact of COVID-19 on older adults
Published May 5, 2020
COVID-19 poses a risk not only to the health of older adults who contract the disease but also to those without the health care resources and social structures that contribute to overall wellness
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Q+A
COVID-19 poses challenges for nursing homes
Published April 1, 2020
Geriatric nurse practitioner Alice Bonner discusses the special considerations that arise for older adults living in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nursing
Staying capable
Published Summer 2014
A new program sends a handyman along with the nurse on home visits to Baltimore's low-income elderly / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Easing aging
Published Feb 2013
Johns Hopkins earns top marks for HR program / Gazette