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Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
Ask Society members what the organization means to them, and they can talk for an hour. They say it’s their professional home, the place where they get evidence-based information, best practices, and more, and where they can connect with others who...

Off-Label Use of Gabapentinoids: A New Paradigm

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
Several of the hot topics in geriatrics are pain management, medication reduction/deprescribing, and use of off-label medications. Best-practice use of gabapentinoids — gabapentin (Neurontin) and pregabalin (Lyrica) — comfortably fits into all three...

Charting a New Course for a New Decade

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
It is now 2020, which means it is not only the beginning of a new year but of a new decade as well. That makes it a good time for reflection.

On Burnout: Even Geriatricians Get the Blues

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
The 2019 Medical Director of the Year for AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, Charles Crecelius, MD, PhD, CMD, has the blues. When he’s not working with his post-acute and long-term care facility patients, he is assistant...

Journal Highlights From the January and February Issues of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
Antibiograms, created by a facility’s contracted microbiology laboratory, can help hospitals and nursing homes identify trends in antibiotic resistance and create protocols for empiric antimicrobial therapy. In a recent study conducted in Providence...

In This Issue

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
Recently reported cases of Legionellosis prompt an update from our columnist. 3

Antimicrobial Stewardship With a Collaborative Team

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 70% of patients in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings are treated with one or more courses of antibiotics each year. Unfortunately, between 40% and 70% of these...

Legionellosis in Long-Term Care: An Update

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
Recently, three cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in three separate nursing centers in my geographic area, the state of New York. Because this was the first time I had seen this occur during my many years of working in long-term care, I...

How to Measure the Effectiveness of Incorporating Antibiogram Data at Your Facility

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
An antibiogram, also referred to as a cumulative susceptibility report, is generated based on information from your facility or a collaboration of multiple facilities (J Am Med Dir Assoc 2018;19:744–747; Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute, “QG...

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Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2020
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