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Challenges for Geriatricians: A Case Report of Homebound Dual Sensory Impairment Patient With Social Isolation During COVID-19

JAMDA
March 1, 2021
A unique Case of a female patient with dual sensory impairment (DSI) who experienced prolonged hospitalization >1 month, and the challenges of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adverse Cognitive Outcome in a COVID-19 Survivor With Underlying Dementia

JAMDA
March 1, 2021
Delirium in patients with COVID-19 can cause multiple adverse functional outcomes. However, the adverse cognitive effect in the elderly with dementia after surviving COVID-19 has not been widely described. We report a Case of a severe COVID-19...

A Veteran With a Thigh Hematoma as an Initial Presentation of Vitamin C Deficiency (Scurvy)

JAMDA
March 1, 2021
Scurvy is a clinical syndrome that is caused by a deficiency of the water soluble vitamin C. First described in 1550 BCE it has been romanticized in stories of pirates who suffered skin and skeletal complications due to a lack of access to fruits...

A Twist on Gastric Volvulus: Painless Presentation in a 97-Year-Old

JAMDA
March 1, 2021
Gastric volvulus is a rare clinical entity in older adults. Acute presentations most commonly involve upper abdominal and/or chest pain.

Caring On-The-Go

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2021
This year another member of the podcast family of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine saw the light of day. Caring On-The-Go’s first episode premiered on January 27, 2021, featuring three stories selected by Caring for the...

Commentary on Golden to Editor’s Note: An Urgent Need for Public “Perception” Reform

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2021

Commentary on Nalls to Editor’s Note: Palliative Wound Care for PALTC

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2021

One of My Best Friends is 93

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2021
When I started my career as an intensive care unit nurse, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what it takes to be a nurse practitioner (NP). But my experience in post-acute and long-term care over the past five years has certainly changed that. It...

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2021
The year 2013 was chronicled in a diary kept by Hendrik Groen (the author’s pseudonym), the self-proclaimed “inmate” of an assisted living senior community in the Netherlands. In the resulting book, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old (...

Plan for 2021 and Beyond: Caring, Healing, and Building a Better Future for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2021
As a newly hired nursing home medical director in the 1990s, I felt unprepared for the challenges of the position. I looked for education and training specific to this care setting and was delighted to find, and join, the American Medical Directors...