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This week on HealthCap Weekly Wrap, we cover six timely stories relevant to senior living teams, including innovations in fall prevention, smarter antibiotic use, new technology for diabetes care, and tools for better behavioral health screening. Each story offers a takeaway you can bring back to your community.

Using Virtual Reality to Prevent Falls in Older Adults — Researchers at George Mason and Old Dominion Universities are using immersive VR to help reduce fall-related anxiety and improve stability in older adults.

More Days, More Resistance: Time to Rethink Antibiotics? — Experts call for shorter antibiotic courses to reduce complications and better align with updated evidence-based practices.

10‑Minute Test Exposes Antibiotic Resistance Threat — A new portable test using DNA sequencing may allow clinicians to identify antibiotic resistance in minutes rather than days.

BioLinq SHINE: New Sensor Doesn’t Require a Needle — A needle-free glucose monitor in development could make diabetes tracking more accessible and less invasive for older adults.

Classifying Pressure Injuries — This visual guide from Medscape helps care teams accurately identify and stage pressure injuries for better care and documentation.

Depression Screening Protocol Improves Referral Rates in Long-Term Care — A structured tool designed for residents with cognitive decline helped increase behavioral health referrals and early intervention.