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Transitions of care involves the movement of a patient between care settings and the transfer of information with them to facilitate a seamless continuum of care and to enable patients’ wishes to be followed - no matter where in the continuum of...
Survivors of an acute stroke who are transferred to a PALTC facility need a multidisciplinary assessment and treatment plan that lowers risk for post-stroke complications, helps to optimize physical and cognitive function, and reduces the risk of...
Sleep problems are common among residents of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities. Data suggests that age-related sleep changes, medical conditions common among older people, medications that affect sleep, substance use, and factors...
Newly updated, the Pressure Ulcers and Other Wounds CPG now includes information regarding arterial and venous ulcers, in addition to pressure ulcers, as well as the new NPUAP staging terminology. Pressure ulcers and other wounds remain a major...
This package includes the Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Practice Guideline, and the Parkinson’s Disease & Psychosis in PALTC Pocket Guide. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative movement disorder. While there is no known...
This package includes the Pain Management Clinical Practice Guideline, and the Pain Management Pocket Guide. The CPG provides a foundation for a systematic approach to the recognition, assessment, treatment and monitoring of pain in PALTC care...
The aging process, the postmenopausal state, low calcium intake, lack of physical activity, and other risk factors predispose the elderly to low bone mass. Most elderly nursing facility patients have age-related changes in bones, resulting in a...
This package includes the Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guideline, and the Heart Failure Pocket Guide. Heart failure is one of the most common reasons for new or recurrent hospitalizations among persons over 65 years of age. Considerable progress...
Health maintenance in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings incorporates systemic, proactive approaches that promote patients’ physical, emotional, psychological, cognitive, and functional integrity. Early detection and prevention of...
Although aging has relatively minimal effects on gastrointestinal (GI) function, age-related changes can cause or contribute to several GI disorders. Aging can result in impaired function of the gastric mucosal barrier and increased risk of peptic...
