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EDGE22: A Frank, Fresh Look at Workforce Challenges Takes Center Stage

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
Addressing the issues, controversies, and challenges confronting post-acute and long-term care in this transitional time can be difficult and uncomfortable. Often there are no black or white answers or one definitive solution. That is where AMDA –...

Facilitating Better Sleep — and How It Might Prevent Cognitive Decline

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
Nonpharmacological approaches to insomnia require a high-priority, team approach in which staff and family are respectful of sleep and can help validate and facilitate sleep hygiene practices and environmental needs, long-term care providers told...

The Anti-Antipsychotics Crusade Appears to Have Flopped — Could They Be Coming After You?

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
For over half a century, medication management of behavior and psychiatric conditions (BPCs) in nursing home residents has been controversial. Over a decade ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a “National Partnership to...

Keynotes Just One Highlight of PALTC23

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
All the sessions at the AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Annual Conference are informative and thought provoking, but the keynote addresses set the tone, provide an important touchstone mid-meeting, and end the program...

Spotlight on Policy

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a study report, “Long-Term Trends of Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes.” The study found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) efforts since 2011 had reduced the use...

In This Issue

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
Dental Care in Older Adults

Clearing Up Misconceptions About Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) have been in clinical practice since the late 1960s. Yet there are still many misconceptions about scope of practice and the advanced practice provider (APP) role, particularly in post-acute...

The So Far Disappointing Story of Drugs for Dementia

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
Not a week goes by these days when I don’t receive a call or an email from an old patient, friend, or family member with concerns about dementia. My mother has done this or that unusual thing or is exhibiting this or that bizarre behavior. Could she...

What Are the Most Common Drug-Induced Movement Disorders?

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
Research is limited regarding the prevalence of drug-induced movement disorders in residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities. By contrast, there is extensive literature documenting that this population is typically at a higher risk for drug-...

My Experience Volunteering in a Nursing Home

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2023
This summer, I had the opportunity to volunteer at the A.G. Rhodes Nursing Home in Atlanta, GA. As a volunteer, my job was to take residents to the places they needed to be, help them out with simple tasks, and engage them in conversation and other...