After tweaking my back recently, I gained a new appreciation for the difficulties associated with pain and functional dependence, and a greater and more organic empathy for many of my nursing home residents and other patients who require assistance...
PHOENIX — Author Peter Hanson, MD, put stress in perspective for his audience here at the AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Annual Conference.
PHOENIX — Although the celebration was understated, the 40th anniversary of AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine served to remind post-acute and long-term care practitioners at Saturday’s general session of the Annual...
Sarcopenia was recently recognized as an independent condition by an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification code, and is a frequently observed comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
Lack of engagement in sufficient weekly physical activity (PA) is a major risk factor for morbidity and premature mortality.1 Estimates from 2012 indicated that not meeting PA public health recommendations is responsible for more than 5 million...
There is an increased demand for nursing homes (NHs) in middle-income countries such as Brazil. To monitor the quality of NHs, there is a need for reliable instruments to assess the extent to which the care provided meets the expectations and rights...
To compare outcomes and costs for patients with orthogeriatric conditions in a home-based integrated care program versus conventional hospital-based care.
Paratonia, a distinctive form of hypertonia in patients with dementia, causes loss of functional mobility in early stage dementia to severe contractures and pain in the late stages. The pathogenesis of paratonia is not well understood. Patients in...
The objectives of this study were to estimate trends in the prevalence of infections in nursing home (NH) residents using 2006-2013 Minimum Data Set (MDS) data, estimate the number of all infections in 2013, and evaluate differences in trends...
Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are one of the most commonly prescribed medications worldwide, and it has been estimated that between 25% and 70% of these prescriptions have no appropriate indication.1 Because PPIs are often regarded as relatively...
