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Retaining Your Workforce Using Commitment-informed Knowledge

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
Despite movement toward prepandemic employment levels, post-acute and long-term care facilities continue to struggle with staffing. Fewer candidates are available to fill open positions, forcing facilities to staff below optimal occupancy. This...

Healing With Harmony: Utilizing Music Therapy in the Coler Memory Care Unit

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
Imagine if some biotech enterprise announced the discovery of a drug that could alleviate the distressing symptoms of those with dementia by improving their ability to express themselves and helping them to feel joy. Suppose this drug could also...

Plant-Based Diets: Can They Help Us Stay Healthier As We Age?

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
Plant-based diets are often in the news today, but what really are they? These diets emphasize consuming foods that are primarily from plants. The diet is plentiful not only in fruits and vegetables, but also nuts, seeds, whole grains, legumes, and...

25 Years of Futures: Building the Next Generation of PALTC Leaders

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
In 2026, the Futures Program will celebrate its 25th anniversary — a milestone that reflects both its enduring impact and its vision for the future. Launched by the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine in 2001 to address the growing...

Immigrant Workforce Well-Being

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
Immigrants make up more than a quarter of the long-term care workforce, yet few policy initiatives are in place to support their well-being, researchers found.

Nursing Homes Have More Advanced Practice Providers Than Ever Before

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
More advanced practice providers (APPs) — namely, nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs)— are working in nursing homes, and have been conducting a greater portion of visits compared with physicians, a cohort study found. This...

The Transformative Journey of Caring for the Ages: An Interview with the Editors

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
For 26 years, Caring for the Ages has been more than a newsmagazine — it has been a trusted voice, a forum for ideas, and a companion to clinicians, researchers, and advocates working in post-acute and long-term care. Now Caring is about to go...

PALTmed Pennsylvania Chapter: Forging a New Path Forward

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) Pennsylvania Chapter, formerly known as the Pennsylvania Medical Directors Association (PMDA), found itself at a crossroads in late 2024. Struggling to recover from the impact of the...

An Inspiring Five Years with Caring for the Ages

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. — John F. Kennedy

Caring for the Ages is Moving Online!

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
We are excited to share some important updates regarding Caring for the Ages, our much-loved magazine. As mentioned in the October issue, Caring will discontinue its print edition starting in 2026. In the new year, Caring will become an e-only...