Aging is often associated with various underlying comorbidities that warrant the use of multiple medications. Various interventions, including medication reviews, to optimize pharmacotherapy in older people residing in aged care facilities have been...
Complete the Survey: be a Part of Shaping the Understanding of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Practitioners in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) medicine have an unusual and important opportunity to help shape the body of knowledge for...
Ageing of all western populations has been accompanied by dramatic changes in demographic structure, diseases patterns, and health- and social-care needs of individuals. As a result, it is also transforming our key personal aspirations, which now...
High dietary sugar intake may compromise protein and micronutrient intakes in people with low energy intakes. The results of micronutrient dilution studies in older people have been few and conflicting. We examined the nutritional status and...
The American Medical Association (AMA) interim meeting is devoted to advocacy. It remains a much-abbreviated meeting from the annual event held every June in Chicago. The Society had no resolutions to present at the recent interim meeting, held in...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan for fiscal year (FY) 2017 summarizes new and ongoing reviews and activities that OIG plans to pursue with respect to HHS programs and operations...
Thursday, December 6 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. During this call, learn about the reform of requirements for long-term care facilities,...
This study investigated the potential of physical exercise habit as a lifestyle modification against cognitive and functional decline at the community level.
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is defined as a decline in systolic blood pressure of ≥20 mm Hg or a diastolic decline of ≥10 mm Hg within 3 minutes of standing or head-up tilt to 60 degrees due to impaired compensatory mechanisms on standing.1,2 The...
