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Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
August 3-4/11, 2023

Making Space for Love Stories at Every Age

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
I recently read Alice Munro’s short story, “The Bear Came Over the Mountain,” about a married couple in their 70s navigating sexuality and love after the wife, Fiona, develops dementia and enters a nursing home. Here, Fiona begins an intimate...

Hospital Discharge to Nursing Homes and Antibiotic Use

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
Individuals discharged from hospitals to nursing homes while still using antibiotics have a greater risk of developing other medical complications, wrote Nonso Osakwe, MD, MPH, of Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, NY. Fifteen percent of...

Staffing Instability and Turnover Associated With Nursing Home Quality

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
Staffing instability is weakly correlated with staffing turnover in nursing homes, but each is independently associated with nursing home quality, a cross-sectional study found.

Does Specialization Impact Harmful Medication Prescribing?

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
Providers who specialize in nursing home care are equally as likely as nonspecialists to prescribe potentially harmful medications to individuals who have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, a retrospective cohort study found. However,...

Understanding Home Dialysis in Nursing Homes and Updated Guidance

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
Home dialysis presents an exciting opportunity for nursing homes to potentially increase census, expand on-site services, and lower operating costs while simultaneously improving residents’ quality of life and quality of care. Home dialysis is the...

Improving Care and Health Outcomes Among LGBTQ+ Older Adults

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
The U.S. population is growing and becoming increasingly diverse. Currently, there are more than 3 million LGBTQ+ adults over age 50 in America, and this population is expected to reach 7 million by the year 2030 (“Facts on LBGT Aging,” SAGE,...

Intimacy and Dementia: An Ethical Approach to Risk-Based Decision-Making

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
Intimacy occurring in the context of dementia has the potential to negatively impact not only those directly involved but also those who care for them. Nowhere are the stakes higher than in residential communities where individuals with cognitive...

Celebrating the Emergence of Sexuality

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
Living in a communal environment such as a nursing home or assisted living community is often accompanied by new experiences, possibly including a sense of being cared for the first time in one’s life or at least in a very long time.

Sex and Dementia in the Nursing Home: Balancing Resident Rights with Resident Safety

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2023
Can a nursing home resident with dementia consent to being sexually intimate with others? It depends. The competing interests — respecting resident rights while protecting vulnerable residents from abuse — are nuanced and complex. As illustrated...