Nursing home (NH) practice has changed dramatically over the past decade. Shorter lengths of stay, higher patient acuity, pay for performance, and bundled payment are but a few of the trends impacting the delivery of medical care in the NH...
Fear of falling (FoF) is present in 20% to 85% of older adults and may be an early marker of decline in global cognitive functioning (GCF). We tested the hypothesis that FoF is associated with lower levels of GCF (cross-sectional) and greater...
Anxiety and dyspnea, 2 major symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Thus, critically evaluating and synthesizing the existing literature employing pulmonary...
This is the 11th annual Clinical Update from the AMDA meeting article. This year the topics covered are hypertension after the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk factors, diagnosis and management...
“Most of the time [President Taft] simply did not and could not function in alert fashion…Often when I was talking to him after a meal his head would fall over on his breast and he would be sound asleep for ten or fifteen minutes. He would waken and...
For Society Board of Directors State Presidents Council Representative Thomas Lehner, MD, CMD, advocating for his patients and his profession isn’t just a privilege; it’s an obligation.
