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Diagnosis and Prevention of Common Respiratory Illnesses

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest public health challenge we have faced since World War II. Since its emergence in Asia late last year, severe acute respiratory syndrome...

Moving Toward a Post-COVID World

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
Has the advent of COVID-19 changed your life in a significant way? Has it caused a cancellation of that trip to Europe, torpedoed a lifetime dream cruise to the Far East, trashed your budget, doubled or tripled the medical director hours at your...

A Better Future From COVID Pandemic Lessons

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
More than six months after the SARS-CoV-2 virus began its spread through the United States, nursing home leaders and staff feel battered.

Lack of Evidence Complicates Care for Nursing Home Residents With Epilepsy

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
There’s mixed news for the diagnosis and management of epilepsy in nursing homes, where the prevalence of the disorder is estimated to be more than seven times higher than among seniors in the community.

Telemedicine: Not New but Never More Useful

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
During the session “Expert Consensus on the Use of Telemedicine in the Roles, Tasks, and Functions of the PALTC Medical Director” at the Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD,...

Grassroots Group Unites for Effective COVID-19 Response

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
They came on the screen — one, then two, then three, then more. At first, they exchanged pleasantries and talked about work and upcoming events. Then Timothy Holahan, DO, CMD, introduced Ghinwa Dumyati, MD, who provided an update on Monroe County,...

“Good” Death During the Pandemic

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
“Surrounded by family” is a phrase often used to depict the concept of a “good” death. To die among loved ones is something we desire for ourselves and practitioners want for their patients. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. “It’s hard...

From Inactive to Active Too Fast: Go Slow to Avoid a Fall

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
Arif Hussain, DO, talks about the risk of falling after a period of isolation and how to stay safe and strong post-COVID.

On Being a Hero: An Honor and a Burden?

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
Health care staff are being applauded as heroes. Signs with “Heroes Work Here” have appeared across the country in front of nursing homes and hospitals. In urban areas, people share their gratitude for health care heroes by banging on pots and pans...

Racial Disparities Exposed by COVID-19

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2020
The COVID 19 pandemic has laid bare the evidence of long-standing racial inequities in health care in the United States. National statistics available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, “COVID 19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority...