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CNA Week: The Sweet, the Bittersweet, and the Inexcusable

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
I love CNA Week, and special events like this have never been more important. Everyone in long-term care is so busy and, frankly, so tired we often don’t take the time to cheer on our certified nurse assistants (CNAs) and remind them of how...

Spotlight On Policy

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has been working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to gain clarification around telehealth visits and in-person visits in the nursing facility during the public health...

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Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
Taking Pride in Celebrating LGBTQ+ Residents, Staff

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Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
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News From The Society

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
Staff and resident vaccinations were around long before the pandemic. AMDA is working on promoting vaccinations, not just for COVID but for the flu and other conditions, through Moving Needles, its new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC...

Homelessness and Access to Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
Twenty years ago, still fresh out of college and not exactly sure what was next, I found myself back in Atlanta (where I had grown up) and answering a need at an organization my parents had started some 25 years earlier. The Open Door Community...

How We Care: Confronting Racial Disparities in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
When I was eight years old, I remember walking through two oversized doors into a grand foyer with yellow-kissed walls, lush rugs bespeckled with tiny flowers, and shiny wood floors. The wonder of this room was eclipsed only by a sea of smiling...

Long-Term Caring: Shifting Paradigms

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
When our parents become old and infirm — and then we ourselves — where do we turn?

Guiding My Career: How the Futures Program Refined What It Means to Care for Older Adults

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
Not often do you find someone interested in geriatrics from the beginning of medical school, but that person was me. My love of caring for older adults began with a research internship I had at the National Institute on Aging where I worked the two...

Consideration of Cultural Diversity and Ethical Principles in Advance Care Planning

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2022
“The problem is not our situation but our perception of our situation.” — Graham Cooke