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The Power of POLST

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
Like many nursing home physicians, I am a big proponent of the POLST Paradigm. I believe POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, for those who live in the minority of states still without this modality) and its fellows (MOLST, MOST,...

Pharmacists Bring Their Expertise to Futures Program

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
PHOENIX — The Foundation Futures Program started as an opportunity for physicians to learn more about post-acute and long-term care, and it eventually expanded to include advance practice professions. This year, the program — held during AMDA – the...

Passing the Baton: New Director Prepares to Run With Futures

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
For nearly 10 years, Heidi White, MD, MEd, CMD, and Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD, chaired The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Futures Program, which has introduced more than 600 residents and fellows, as well as other health care...

Journal Highlights From the July Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
A collaboration of experts from around the world developed evidence-based, multi-disciplinary clinical practice guidelines for identifying and managing frailty, particularly for health care providers in the Asia-Pacific region, at the Asia-Pacific...

Completion of an Outpatient Visit After Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge and Readmission Risk

JAMDA
July 1, 2017
Examine the association between completion of an outpatient visit with a physician or advanced practice provider (PCP) within 7 days of discharge from a short skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay and 30-day readmission and determine if functional...

Metformin Safety Warnings and Diabetes Drug Prescribing Patterns for Older Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
July 1, 2017
Diabetes mellitus is common in US nursing homes (NHs), and the mainstay treatment, metformin, has US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) boxed warnings indicating safety concerns in those with advanced age, heart failure, or renal disease. Little is...

Intestinal Permeability Biomarker Zonulin is Elevated in Healthy Aging

JAMDA
July 1, 2017
Increased gut permeability (“leaky gut”) has been proposed as a potential contributor to age-related inflammation and gut dysbiosis. However, information on the relationship between a leaky gut and inflammation and physical frailty during aging are...

Attitudes Toward Advance Directives Among Patients and Their Family Members in China

JAMDA
July 1, 2017
Chinese people are generally unfamiliar with the concept of advance care planning or advance directives (ACP/ADs), which raises dilemmas in life-support choice and can even affect clinical decision making. To understand and address the issues...

Differential Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JAMDA
July 1, 2017
Sarcopenia is diagnosed on the basis of skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength/function. However, more simple and accurate measures for muscle mass and muscle strength/function should be explored.

Thanks to Foundation Award, Idea Becomes a Movement

Spotlight
Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, Quality, Improvement, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), Transitions of Care
June 30, 2017
Receiving a national award is an honor; but when that award lead 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...