Better Living Through Data

This episode explores how aging has reshaped HIV care, with more than half of people living with diagnosed HIV now age 50 and older. The hosts discuss why long-term care, polypharmacy, and real-world EHR data are...

This episode explores how pain in long term care is often missed in residents with advanced dementia, why standard self-report scales fail, and how observational tools and better EHR tracking can improve detection. The...

A data-driven look at lipid management in skilled nursing facilities, where statins dominate nearly all treatment orders and non-statin therapies remain rare. The episode also examines surprising disparities by sex and...

This episode explores the growing population of older adults living with HIV in long-term care and why traditional testing and care assumptions no longer fit. It also highlights how multi-dimensional EHR data, including...

<p>This episode explores the growing population of older adults living with HIV in long-term care and why traditional testing and care assumptions no longer fit. It also highlights how multi-dimensional EHR data...

A new study from Annals of Internal medicine suggests the recombinant shingles vaccine could reduce dementia risk by 24%, with just 17 older adults needing vaccination to prevent one case. The episode also explores how...

<p>A new study from Annals of Internal medicine suggests the recombinant shingles vaccine could reduce dementia risk by 24%, with just 17 older adults needing vaccination to prevent one case. The episode also explores...

Older adults with headache disorders are often overlooked, even as pain, fatigue, sleep disruption, and polypharmacy shape daily function and fall risk. This episode explores why awareness matters and how long-term and...

<p>Older adults with headache disorders are often overlooked, even as pain, fatigue, sleep disruption, and polypharmacy shape daily function and fall risk. This episode explores why awareness matters and how long-term...

<p>This episode explores why Alzheimer’s and related dementias are far more complex than a diagnosis, especially in older adults with multiple conditions and care transitions. It also examines how long-term care data...

This episode explores why Alzheimer’s and related dementias are far more complex than a diagnosis, especially in older adults with multiple conditions and care transitions. It also examines how long-term care data can...

<p>This episode explores why a senior fitness observance reveals a much larger healthcare challenge: a rapidly growing older-adult population, complex medication use, and delayed access to care. It also shows how...

<p>This episode explores why asthma in older adults is so often overlooked, especially in long-term and post-acute care where symptoms can be misattributed to aging, COPD, or heart failure. It also shows how...

<p>We dig into why arthritis is often dismissed as a normal part of aging, and how that mindset can hide serious losses in mobility, independence, and quality of life. The conversation also explores how long-term health...

<p>This episode explores why Older Americans Month is really a call to action for healthier aging, focusing on function, prevention, and the importance of spotting early signs of decline. It also looks at how real-world...