Health care systems are facing resource constraints, with the post-acute and long-term care field facing perhaps the most pressure. Unfortunately, not much relief is in sight: there are worsening shortages of skilled and competent staff and no...
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections (UTIs) stems largely from inappropriate use of diagnostic tests, but there are additional factors at play — mainly incorrect antibiotic choice, excessive duration of therapy, and...
Trauma-informed care figures largely in the final phase of the revised Requirements of Participation for nursing homes, which will be implemented in November 2019. The notion of being sensitive to people who have suffered significant trauma is...
Dysphagia is a worldwide health issue, with approximately 8% of the world’s population experiencing some difficulty in swallowing. If left untreated, a number of negative outcomes can occur, including malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration, and even...
Jane Martin, RN, director of nursing for a small skilled nursing facility in rural Georgia, has won a major immunization coup. In a community that has no hospital, no public transportation services, and only one medical office served by nurse...
Ultrahigh therapy use has increased in SNFs without concomitant increases in residents' characteristics. It has been suggested that this trend may also have influenced the provision of high-intensity rehabilitation therapies to residents who are at...
Nursing home (NH) residents' preferences for everyday living are the foundation for delivering individualized person-centered care. Yet, work has not examined what the most and least important preferences of nursing home residents are and if those...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Sitting at her desk, Teresa C. McCarthy, MD, MS, CMD, a new member of the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM), can’t help but think about James Pattee, MD, CMD, the “father” of the...
