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Updates to the MDS Are Opportunities for the Consultant Pharmacist

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2017
The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a powerful tool for implementing standardized assessment and for facilitating care management in nursing homes and non-critical access hospital swing beds (SBs). MDS 3.0 has been designed to improve the reliability,...

Time Pressure, Lack of Knowledge Cause Nurses to Take Over Resident ADLs

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2017
A cross-sectional study of the nursing staff’s role in residents’ activities in seven Dutch nursing homes shows that when staff were involved in activities of daily living (ADLs), they took over almost half the observed activities and rarely...

Ethics Is Not a Zero-Sum Game

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2017
Dear Dr. Jeff:

Caregiver–Patient Relationship Getting Its Due

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2017
Education and support of caregivers are part of six dementia-related quality measures approved for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) quality score, and their inclusion reflects a growing recognition of the importance of caregivers and...

Social Media: Diamonds or Coal (or Worse)?

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2017
I freely admit that I spend more time than I probably should on social media and the internet in general. I post pretty frequently on Facebook, and I’m a member of several groups, including the PALTC Physician and NP/PA group (readers, please join...

As Fires Raged, Preparation, Teamwork Kept Disaster at Bay

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2017
Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD, heard a neighbor knocking on his door at 1:50 a.m., but it wasn’t until 3 hours later that the situation seemed urgent. The wildfires in the area — which were still several miles away — had begun to feel very real. He and...

Programs for Young Patients Can Help Them Achieve Life’s Milestones

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2017
For years, post-acute and long-term care facilities have positively affected the lives of older adults. Increasingly, they now are helping younger people deal with devastating illnesses and injuries, so they may pursue purpose and independence. The...

JAMDA's New Editors-in-Chief Present a Vision for the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

JAMDA
November 28, 2017
During JAMDA's first 15 years of publication, it was the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. In 2014, JAMDA was renamed the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, better reflecting the breadth of the long-term care...

Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome Masked by Delirium in an 85-Year-Old Woman

JAMDA
November 28, 2017
On February 3, 2016, an 85-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department (ED) because of mental confusion and intolerance of the sitting position, which had begun suddenly 2 days before. She had been wheelchair-bound for the past 9 years...

Reliability and Validity of the Care Plan Checklist for Evidence of Person-Centered Approaches for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms Associated With Dementia

JAMDA
November 28, 2017
The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Care Plan Checklist for Evidence of Person-Centered Approaches for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms Associated with Dementia (BPSD).