It is well known that the quality of one's home environment has profound effects on health.1 Home hygiene and sanitation, food storage and preparation practices, waste disposal, animal care, air circulation, secondhand smoke, and proximity to...
There is a place where mountains greet the land and the clouds kiss the trees, and I have had compelling reasons to travel there for the last four years. The farthest of all my buildings, the facility is a 50-minute commute for me on a good day, but...
I would like to compliment Dr. Sing Palat on her well-written article about potential ethical dilemmas regarding “unsafe discharges” ( https://bit.ly/3mhNtqW ). Dr. Palat touches on one of the most challenging aspects of post-acute and long-term...
Good oral hygiene has a positive impact on the overall health of nursing home and other post-acute and long-term care residents, but like many other functions it has taken a back seat during the pandemic. But this issue shouldn’t and doesn’t have to...
As I write this here in Minnesota, 78% of those who have died from COVID-19 have been men and women living in long-term care or assisted living facilities. As of mid-July, this is well over a thousand people (Minnesota Department of Health, “...
Since this March, said Charles de Vilmorin, CEO and cofounder of Linked Senior, “Ninety percent of the conversations I’ve had with [post-acute and long-term care facility] owners and operators are about social isolation. It’s as lethal as smoking...
Long-term care communities have become the site to address some of the most compelling ethical questions of our day, and resolving these dilemmas may be especially challenging when the individual involved has lost the capacity to participate in the...
It is well known that physical exercise has numerous benefits for all people, and it’s arguably of even greater benefit to our older population. Among the well-established positive effects of exercise are increases in strength, balance, energy level...
