MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When COVID hit, it forced a hard look at long-term care. That there was a problem with nursing home quality, regulations, and financing wasn’t necessarily new, but the pandemic highlighted the industry’s...
To evaluate, in a cohort of adults ≥80 years old, the frailty status at the emergency department (ED) admission, for the in-hospital death risk stratification of patients needing major surgical procedures.
Natural disasters can impair the cognitive function of older victims. However, it is unknown whether such natural disasters affect drug treatment for dementia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the 2018 Japan Floods, the second...
Long-term care has been reimagined for as long as it’s been recognized, which in part explains the multitude of options that emerged during the mid-20th century growth of formal long-term care support in the United States and other developed nations...
The increasing medical complexity of assisted living (AL) residents1 in the context of variable regulatory oversight and an ill-defined role for physicians2,3 suggests the need to rethink our current approach to delivering medical care in AL. We...
The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on all aspects of life, especially in the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) world. Now it is important to focus on the next phase of this journey, and we likely agree where it needs to start: How do we...
