MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are now available for treatment and post-exposure prophylaxis for patients in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). A recent AMDA webinar, a COVID Grand Rounds on mAbs, offered some...
Singapore has shifted to an endemic COVID-19 strategy with more than 80% of the population vaccinated.1,2 The country is adopting a “middle path” approach3 through progressive reopening of social, economic, and travel activities while trying to...
COVID-19 can be a life-threatening illness, especially for older patients. The COVID-19 outbreak created a dramatic organizational challenge in treating infected patients requiring surgical treatment, like those suffering a proximal femur fracture,...
With more than 6 million individuals living with dementia in the United States, 11 million family caregivers, and a majority of persons with dementia ultimately residing in an assisted living community or nursing home,1 providing quality dementia...
Steven Levenson, MD, CMD, has taken over “Dear Dr. Jeff.” In his first column, he addresses the perennial challenges of medications in long-term care. 4
Medical professionals are calling for post-acute and long-term care facilities to embrace physician assistants (PAs), whose numbers are rising across the American health care system but who have yet to play a major role in geriatric care.
