Senior contributor Joanne Kaldy talks to Sherry Perry, CNA; Sheena Bumpas, CNA; Leslie Eber, MD, CMD; and Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC about how June’s CNA Week presents an opportunity to say “Thank you for being an important team member.”
By using a real-time location system (RTLS), researchers in Canada were able to identify digital markers of social engagement in individuals who have dementia.
Several classes of drugs can increase the risk of falls in older individuals, both at home and in long-term care. Older individuals who experience falls are more likely to have taken fall risk–inducing drugs (FRIDs) than those who have not fallen, a...
Depression is a significant mental health issue for older adults, but exercise, especially when it involves flexibility, can significantly reduce symptoms, a study from the People’s Republic of China has found.
My father died in February at the age of eighty-five. He had lived with severe cardiovascular and renal disease for the last six years of his life and underwent several medical procedures and treatments for what many individuals might view as a poor...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have set a goal of having every Medicare beneficiary in a value-based care (VBC) arrangement by 2030. Yet according to a recent PALTmed Foundation survey, many practitioners still aren’t working with...
Medication management in assisted living is clearly an area of interest to readers of Caring for the Ages. The winner of this year’s Carey Cowles Award is “Best Practices for Medication Management in Assisted Living: Pharmacy and Community Practices...
Maylene was a resident in my facility. She was in her late 70s, wheelchair-bound due to multiple sclerosis, and was cognitively intact. She loved the R&B music channel on her TV, and she was proud of her brightly manicured nails. With her type 2...
Post-acute and long-term care providers are preparing with renewed vigilance for the revisions made to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP, which become effective at the end of April 2025. I...
