The COVID-19 pandemic has given “home” a whole new meaning for older adults. It was always a sanctuary, a place to feel safe and comfortable, but now we know that there also must be ways to keep people connected, engaged, and active when getting out...
For five years, Carey Cowles served as Caring’s managing editor with wisdom, wit, and warmth, not to mention experience. When she lost her battle to cancer two years ago, an award to recognize the author of the most read/downloaded article of the...
Despite research showing the benefits of nonpharmacologic treatment for behavioral expressions of dementia, clinicians often opt for using psychotropic medications such as antipsychotics, even though these agents are associated with adverse events...
I don’t think that there will be very many of us working in post-acute and long-term care settings who will be sorry to see 2020 come to a close. The COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, economic instability, and racial injustice have challenged us...
When asked to describe the ideal medical director, nursing home administrator Mike Moranz’s face beamed with a broad smile. “Well, to understand today’s ideal, you must understand how far we have come over the past 20 years.” Mike Moranz, MPH,...
The American nursing facility has been in continuous evolution since its inception in the early 19th century. The early “old age homes” were places to save “formerly respectable people from the indignities of the almshouse” (Elon et al., “Post-Acute...
Older adults often take numerous medications each day, contributing to polypharmacy and the continuous prescribing cascade. This may lead to adverse effects, poor outcomes, and decreased quality of life. Deprescribing may be one solution to this...
Ms. B is an 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia and multiple comorbidities who is a long-term care resident of a nursing home affiliated with a large hospital system. Her family is very involved; her daughter lives locally, and her son, who has...
