Pedal Lab

Our mission is to improve aging in America through evidence-based research. Directed by Norma B. Coe, PhD @nbcoe1.

[Pedal Lab @lab_pedal]

Check out our very own @nbcoe1 on this recent episode of Freakonomics MD on the relationship between retirement and cognitive functioning @freakonomics https://t.co/eGojZlBuBr

[UPenn Medical Ethics & Health Policy @PennMEHP]

In @Newsweek, @nbcoe1 & @rm_werner say Biden's infrastructure plan recognizes our invisible home care workers. "They are the infrastructure that keeps the industry intact, and they are an infrastructure that is crumbling and badly in need of repair." https://t.co/2xrUMfSPCU

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Our director @nbcoe1 and @rm_werner address Biden's new infrastructure plan for @Newsweek: Homecare workers "are the infrastructure that keeps the industry intact, and they are an infrastructure that is crumbling and badly in need of repair."
https://t.co/FmPPmOSs6C

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

"The plight of family caregivers, who often compromise work, finances, friendships and their own health to support their ill or disabled loved ones, has long been overlooked in U.S. policy," says @washingtonkate. The Biden administration can change that. https://t.co/ATzXsibHiz

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How do you treat pain and diagnose pain for Alzheimer's patients who are not able to communicate what they are experiencing? A personal and powerful piece from @MarionRenault in the @TheAtlantic https://t.co/8fC9PEjUla

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For more info on reforms, along with the op-ed check out this @NEJM article from @nbcoe @rm_werner & Allison Hoffman https://t.co/BstLua7Hy1

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The PEDAL Lab is excited to share that our director @nbcoe1 is featured in an op-ed from @thehill on comprehensive long-term care (LTC) reform. @PennLDI @PennMEHP https://t.co/oe9MIlSkud

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“Informal caregivers experience increased rates of depression, lower self-rated health, and use more psychotropic drugs. They often have to cut back on paid work or leave the labor market altogether.” This has a huge impact on our economy.

[The Philadelphia Inquirer @PhillyInquirer]

Thousands of Pa. and N.J. nursing home residents and staff still haven’t had COVID-19 shots https://t.co/cpz4fuIUj0

[Pedal Lab @lab_pedal]

The PEDAL Lab is actively working on a research grant studying geographic variations in end of life care and where changes can be made so patient preferences are more closely followed. Stay tuned here as we publish papers and share research results https://t.co/xG5CllxCBh

[Pedal Lab @lab_pedal]

Interesting piece from @nytimes on the increase of end of life instructions during the pandemic and whether medical providers are following them. https://t.co/4P238a82XL @paula_span

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The literature to date suggests that informal care, either alone or in concert with formal care, delivers improvements in the health and well-being of older adults receiving care. The conclusions one can draw about the effects of formal care are less clear.

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Our new article on "The Effects of Home Care Provider Mix on the Care Recipient: An International, Systematic Review of Articles from 2000 to 2020" is now available

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In this systematic review, we examine the literature from 2000 to 2020 to ascertain whether we can make strong conclusions about the relative benefit of adding informal care or formal care providers to the care mix among individuals receiving care in the home.

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and the challenges for figuring out how to allow for more visits once the vaccine has been administered. @StaceyABurling https://t.co/NlYZWgsvKy

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Here at the PEDAL Lab we are closely following the vaccine rollout in nursing homes. This @PhillyInquirer article outlines the challenges that nursing homes are facing getting staff and residents to take the vaccine

[Pedal Lab @lab_pedal]

"The coronavirus pandemic is killing people with diabetes or Alzheimer’s who didn’t even contract the virus" https://t.co/8cjXf13ZSo @PhillyInquirer @repopter @StaceyABurling @enactdev

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The oversight or lack of oversight nursing homes adds to the difficulties. https://t.co/CcRZPjUz0n @rebtanhs @Rachel_Chason

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Quality of care for residents of nursing homes is an area of concern for us. This @washingtonpost article sheds light on what happens to safety and quality when for profit investment firms buy nursing homes.