Falls have been an ongoing and reportable problem in long-term care (LTC) facilities. Moreover, falls can lead to serious physical, psychological and financial consequences for residents, their families and the staff. Each resident has individual...
Patients with complex cardiopulmonary disorders pose unique challenges to acute and post-acute care teams. They present with multiple comorbidities, are at high risk for hospital readmission, and struggle with adherence to their treatment regimens...
Though the cost of health care is rising, and our aging population is becoming more medically complex, hospital length of stays are shorter and the utilization of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) has increased. A large proportion of patients...
A Center for Disease Control National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) study involving 38 long-term care facilities (LTC) in South Carolina (SC) identified gaps in educational and care tools addressing clostridium difficile infections (CDI),...
Introducing residents of family medicine programs to a standardized nursing home curriculum is key to not only providing educational opportunities but ultimately providing quality, compassionate care to residents of nursing homes. Many graduates of...
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an educational program that uses videoconferencing technology to link primary care providers in local communities with expert interprofessional teams at an academic hub in order to build...
The practice of geriatric medicine is an integral component of residency training in internal medicine. In fact, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in Internal Medicine specifies that training programs should have a...
Wound care is an important topic in PA/LTC in terms of quality measurement, risk management, reimbursement, and cost. Despite its importance, characteristics of residents with wounds and prevalence of wound types have not been well studied.
Pain is a very common problem in U.S. adults, especially in adults more than 65 years old. 40-80% of nursing home. Headache is one of the most frequent complaints in older people. Chronic headache is defined as having a headache on at least half the...
Dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are a relatively new treatment regimen for Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and are associated with less hypoglycemia than insulin. There are no published data regarding the effects of these drugs on insulin...
