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JAMDA
August 1, 2017
Antipsychotics are widely and increasingly prescribed drugs. Initially introduced for schizophrenia, they are now used for a variety of diseases such as psychotic and affective disorders, personality and anxiety disorders. In recent years, they have...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
Receiving a national award is an honor, but when that award leads to action, energy, heightened staff morale, team building, and improved quality of life, it becomes a movement. That is true of the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
Long-term cognitive leisure activity programs that involve dancing or playing musical instruments may help improve memory and general cognitive function, according to a three-arm, single-blind randomized controlled trial study in Japan.
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
Alan C. Horowitz, RN, JD, a former post-acute/long-term care practitioner and current health care attorney, shares the facts about medical marijuana.*
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
PHOENIX — Recent hypertension research has provided few takeaways for the functionally impaired elderly — with the exception of the longitudinal Predictive Values of Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Institutionalized Very Aged Population (...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
An increasing number of individuals infected with HIV are living longer and are expected to need long-term care. Will nursing homes be ready to accommodate them?
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
When I was a young boy growing up in the suburbs of Baltimore, my father told me how he fell in love with birdwatching at an early age and would follow each new bird until he could get close enough for a good view of it. Then he’d run to the library...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
In my last column, I discussed the elements necessary for the success of QAPI (quality assurance and performance improvement) and the importance of engaging all members of the health care team, particularly the direct-care workers. Now I want to...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
PHOENIX — Conservative management and supportive care may offer elderly patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) the same survival as dialysis, as well as less functional decline, fewer hospitalizations, and better satisfaction with life, said...
Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2017
Members of AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, as well as other practitioners, were recently asked to participate in two job task surveys — one for medical directors, the other for attending physicians — to help shape the...