Compared with cognitive impairment, mobility impairment affects a similar number of the elderly and requires a comparable level of care, yet it receives far less attention, according to a presenter at AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term...
Maureen D. Carland, MA, RN-BSN, NHA, administrator of the Maine Veterans Home-Scarborough, talks about the certified nursing assistant’s role in post-acute and long-term care.
Post-acute patients diagnosed with a behavioral health disorder are more likely to enter low-quality nursing home facilities and less likely to enter high-quality facilities than those without the diagnosis, according to study results in the...
Preliminary results from a cluster randomized controlled trial have shown the potential of a mouth care program to curb the rates of pneumonia in the nursing home setting. Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
What determines whether an eligible nursing home resident receives hospice care? Familial reluctance and financial disincentives can play a role in hospice underutilization, but so can staff attitudes about end-of-life care.
The concept of the geriatric emergency department is well developed after more than a decade of evolution, and at least nine EDs throughout the country are now accredited by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) as part of the first...
In a cohort of nursing home residents with advanced dementia, the proxies’ estimate of a resident’s prognosis was moderately accurate, and their perception of a resident having fewer than 6 months to live was associated with a decreased likelihood...
Elopements place nursing homes and assisted living facilities at great risk. When a resident exits the building undetected and the individual is unsafe to be out of the facility environment without supervision, it is very dangerous for the resident...
Regulatory changes impacting post-acute care facilities for fiscal year 2019 are expected to increase reimbursements while reducing bureaucratic burden, according to federal health officials.
