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Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
Mr. P is a 76-year-old male living in assisted living. He moved into the facility because his care needs exceeded his family’s capacity to care for him at home. He has multiple medical comorbidities, including a history of falls, and he requires...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
Assisted living (AL) communities are very different state by state and even community by community. Each must adhere to their state-based requirements, which can vary based on the size of the community. AL communities can range from a few beds to a...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued updates to its guidance on the minimum health and safety standards that long-term care (LTC) facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS also updated and...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
These communities have found success with intergenerational programs. 3
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
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Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
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Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
Back in the 1980s, when Studio 54 was in its heyday, I taught high school science in New York City for a few years. Having graduated from a large public high school myself in a suburb of Cleveland, living in Manhattan in the early ’80s was a culture...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
A majority (60% to 80%) of nursing home residents have one or more psychiatric diagnoses, including dementia (Med Care Res Rev 2010;67:627–656). And post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) residents take an astonishing number of psychoactive...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
Telehealth use in the United States has increased by over 6,000% since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicare telehealth visits alone have increased by 63-fold, from 840,000 in 2019, to 52.7 million in 2020 alone, as discussed by a Department...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2022
An important way the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine advances its mission is by embracing and nurturing collaborative partnerships between practitioners and industry partners, both striving for better care for the...