The relationship between age at diagnosis of hyperlipidemia and dementia remains unclear. We examined whether younger age at diagnosis of hyperlipidemia is associated with higher risk of subsequent dementia.
This study aims to determine how prevalent suspected cognitive impairment is in older people visiting hearing aid dispensers, and to assess whether hearing aid dispensers’ judgment on cognition was in accordance with the outcome of a cognitive...
I have been privileged to have a 40-year career in and around long-term care and aging. While there have been challenges around quality, cost, and policy for all those years, recent years have seen unprecedented workforce challenges in recruitment,...
The challenge of care transitions between post-acute and long-term care and other care settings was illustrated in the graphic article “A Hidden Crisis” (N Engl J Med 2022;387:1157–1159). The daughter of a man with dementia served as his support...
Dear Dr. Diane: I have a situation that keeps occurring during our QAPI meeting. The administrator is asking that we conduct another call bell performance improvement plan. But the issue is that this building continuously has a problem with call...
Individuals enter assisted living and long-term care facilities for a number of reasons. Primary on their minds, and the minds of their loved ones, is safety. They expect — rightly so — that they or their loved one will be protected. One way to keep...
Did you participate in the 2023 performance year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP)? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is now accepting data submissions from clinicians eligible for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)...
Approximately 15.9 million adults aged ≥65 years, which is around 33% of all adults aged ≥65 years, have diabetes (Fast Facts: Data and Statistics About Diabetes [American Diabetes Association, 2022], https://bit.ly/48AJrSm ). Of this population,...
“A new consult for delirium,” said the provider from the primary team. When I inquired,* the elicited details were reported in a rote but familiar fashion: Mr. A, a gentleman in his mid-70s with underlying dementia, had been admitted after a motor...
For decades, the right to self-determination has been a fundamental bioethical principle. The Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA) regulations incorporate the notion of the “right to choose” and self-determination throughout. For...
