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Education on Basics Results in Significant CAUTI Reduction, Cost Savings

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
PHOENIX — Staff at the 162-bed Henry J. Carter Nursing Facility in New York City achieved a 78% reduction in the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) with training on basic care and strict adherence to preventive practices,...

Society Innovations: Where Are We Now?

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
At AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference, the Innovations workgroup led an engaging session to introduce the concept of innovation and implementation as it pertains to health care in general, and...

Organizational Dysfunction Implicated in Antipsychotic Prescription Rates

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
A qualitative study from Australia has found that staffing levels and effective communication of management with staff were found to affect the levels of psychotropic prescribing.

Evolving Sepsis Criteria and New Management Guidelines Hold Lessons for PALTC

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
PHOENIX — The recently published Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) and newly updated Surviving Sepsis Campaign international guidelines for management emphasize the need for earlier recognition and more...

Barbara Resnick Honored by AGS for Commitment to Geriatrics

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
SAN ANTONIO — Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, was presented with the David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting in May.

Knowing Quality When You See It

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
Dear Dr. Jeff:

Bikes, Ballads, and Bots Can Help Ease Depression, Loneliness

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
PHOENIX — Depression is common among elderly Americans, but employing solutions beyond medication can lead to positive outcomes and happy facility residents, said Zeeshan Khan, MD, a physician in a geriatric fellowship program with the Rutgers...

The Power of POLST

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
Like many nursing home physicians, I am a big proponent of the POLST Paradigm. I believe POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, for those who live in the minority of states still without this modality) and its fellows (MOLST, MOST,...

Pharmacists Bring Their Expertise to Futures Program

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
PHOENIX — The Foundation Futures Program started as an opportunity for physicians to learn more about post-acute and long-term care, and it eventually expanded to include advance practice professions. This year, the program — held during AMDA – the...

Passing the Baton: New Director Prepares to Run With Futures

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
For nearly 10 years, Heidi White, MD, MEd, CMD, and Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD, chaired The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Futures Program, which has introduced more than 600 residents and fellows, as well as other health care...