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Shark Tank Finalists Ready to Jump into Deep End of PALTC Pool

Spotlight
January 2, 2019
Abely Solutions, Canopy Tools, Raiven Healthcare, and WoundWiseIQ. These four companies will compete in the Society’s 2nd annual Shark Tank competition, to be held at the 2019 annual conference in Atlanta, GA, March 7-10. Their innovations are all...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
January 1, 2019

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JAMDA
January 1, 2019

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JAMDA
January 1, 2019

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JAMDA
January 1, 2019

The Underappreciated Role of Low Muscle Mass in the Management of Malnutrition

JAMDA
January 1, 2019
Preserving muscle is not only crucial for maintaining proper physical movement, but also for its many metabolic and homeostatic roles. Low muscle mass has been shown to adversely affect health outcomes in a variety of disease states (eg, chronic...

Understanding and Addressing Muscle Strength, Mass, and Function in Older Persons

JAMDA
January 1, 2019
In recent decades, advances in geroscience have taught us that what was formerly referred to as “old age” or “natural causes” is often explained by an accumulation of potentially preventable deficits in multiple body systems, a condition that is...

Medical Cannabis in the Skilled Nursing Facility: A Novel Approach to Improving Symptom Management and Quality of Life

JAMDA
January 1, 2019
Throughout the millennia, the cannabis plant has been utilized as a recognized therapy for pain relief and symptom management. Following the Prohibition-era stigmatization and criminalization of all forms of cannabis of the early 20th century, there...

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Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2019
Website: https://paltc.org/core-curriculum-medical-direction-post-acute-and-long-...

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Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2019
The select quotes below represent both common and unique perspectives of our respondents.