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Futures to CMD: 2017 Survey Results and Personal Reflections

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
The number of older adults receiving nursing home care is expected to rise from 1.2 million in 2000 to 2.7 million in 2040. To meet this increase, a geriatric-focused physician workforce with expertise in nursing home care is desperately needed. Yet...

Development of a Localized Community-Based Integrated Home Care System: Model Swapping through an International Symposium

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
The population in Taiwan is aging, and it is becoming a significant challenge for us to use limited resources to take care of all the older adults. Many home-bound older adults receive inadequate care, the majority of whom receive their prescription...

Developing and Testing Training to Improve Palliative Care Communication Skills in the Nursing Home

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
In skilled nursing facilities (SNF), effective communication between interdisciplinary team (IDT) members, patients, residents, and their surrogates is essential to provide high-quality palliative and end of life (EOL) care. However, clinical staff...

A Framework for Imparting Short, Actionable Teaching of Geriatrics Topics Using Audio Podcasts for Housestaff: Preliminary Results

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
As the US population ages, recognizing and providing care for those with geriatric syndromes will become ever more important. However, with most trainees learning in hospitals, the opportunities for discovering practical ways of implementing...

When Back Pain Is Not Benign: A Case of Spinal Osteomyelitis and Diskitis

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Back pain is a common complaint in the post acute and long term case setting. The most common causes include musculoskeletal pain and degenerative disease, but back pain may also be secondary to more serious causes, such as malignancy and infection.

When Back Pain Becomes Ominous: A Case of High Grade Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Kidney Origin in a Geriatric Patient

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Back pain is a common geriatric complaint. 70% of adults in Germany have at least one episode of back pain a year. Consistently back pain ranks in the top 5 disabling disorders in the United states. Multiple providers including chiropractors are...

Wellens' Warning: A Case of Critical Stenosis

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Wellens' Syndrome, also known as Coronary T-wave Inversion Syndrome, was identified in the 1980's after a group of patients with unstable angina and characteristic precordial T wave changes on electrocardiogram (ECG) went on to develop large...

Urethral Polyembolokoilamania: An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence and Scrotal Pain

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Foreign bodies in the bladder are among the rarest differential diagnoses in the lower urinary tract symptoms and may be missed in initial medical evaluations.

Rare Cutaneous Melanoma in a Centenarian

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Malignant cutaneous neoplasms with combined phenotypical features of high-grade basal cell carcinoma & malignant melanoma are exceptionally rare.

Prevention of Rehospitalization in Non-Compliant Patients Utilizing Transitional Care Program (TCM): A Bundle Payment Care Initiative (BPCI Model 3) Case Study

JAMDA
March 1, 2018
A case of post Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) rehospitalization prevention using CMEC transitional care protocol in a non-compliant patient. This patient underwent right lower extremity major joint replacement and was participating in BPCI Model 3...