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WHAT'S HOT

WHAT'S HOT is a newsletter with a focus on aging.

Current Issue

WHAT'S HOT

What’s Hot in Pain Bioethics and Older Adults

This special publication aims to ensure that researchers, practitioners, educators, and policy makers are aware of the wide range of initiatives, events, and latest research findings related to ethical pain management in older adults.

This What’s Hot newsletter provides readers with snapshots of noteworthy research presented at key annual meetings, articles published in preeminent scholarly publications, and successful national stakeholder initiatives—including efforts developed in response to the Institute of Medicine report on Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research. The science, with a focus on aging, is accompanied by expert discussion and analysis of the additional questions raised by the research.   

We believe that this latest issue in our What’s Hot series will assist you in identifying and responding to ethical issues in the treatment of pain in older adults. This publication was developed by GSA and supported by an educational grant from Purdue Pharma L.P.

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Previous Issues

WHAT'S HOT

What’s Hot in Immunizations Across the Aging Continuum

This newsletter features snapshots of the latest research findings, key initiatives, campaigns, and programs that are focused on improving adult immunization rates. This publication can be utilized to raise stakeholder awareness of relevant campaigns, programs, and initiatives underway, such as the National Vaccine Advisory Committee Pathway to Leadership for Adult Immunization, CDC Healthy Aging efforts, the Immunization Action Coalition, pharmacists’ immunization efforts, and many others. Additionally, the publication highlights relevant published cost effectiveness and cost savings data realized through adult immunizations.

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Pain Management in Older Adults

Based largely on presentation highlights from GSA’s 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting in November 2010, the current issue examines the impact of pain in older adults, strategies for managing pain and preserving function, and methods to improve the assessment and management of pain for residents in long-term care facilities, including those who have dementia. Support for this publication was provided by McNeill Consumer Healthcare.

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What's Hot previous issues

Minority Aging Research

The premiere issue dealt with two pressing societal concerns — the economic downturn and health care reform — from the perspective of older minority adults. Based on presentation highlights from GSA’s 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting in November 2009, the first installment of WHAT’S HOT covered topics such as the impact of the economic crisis on older workers’ health; the perceived prevalence of job discrimination among older workers; and health care utilization patterns among older Asian minorities. Support for this issue was provided by sanofi-aventis.

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