June 2018

Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research establishes new center for clinical trials and interventional studies.

June 28, 2018

BOSTON — Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research has announced the establishment of the Interventional Studies in Aging Center (ISAC), the mission of which will be to develop and support clinical trials and intervention studies preserving and improving the health and quality of life of older individuals.

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Proxies who watch advanced care planning video are more likely to withhold feeding tubes in end stage dementia

June 4, 2018

BOSTON — Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered that nursing home residents with advanced dementia are more likely to have advance directives that indicate they did should not get feeding tubes after their proxies viewed a 12-minute video on advance care planning. In addition, when proxies stated comfort was the goal of care, residents were more likely to have advance directives aligned with that goal.

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Weight changes associated with reduced bone strength.

June 1, 2018

BOSTON — Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Boston University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and University of Calgary have found evidence that weight loss can result in worsening bone density, bone architecture and bone strength. The results were published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.