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Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads: What You Need to Know

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, a Colorado-based medical director and PALTmed vice president, talks to senior contributing writer Joanne Kaldy about direct-to-consumer drug ads and how to work with your practitioner to determine the best medications for your...

LGBTQ+ Equity Amongst Veterans in Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
More than 500,000 older military veterans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, transgender, and related identities (LGBTQ+). Fearing mistreatment or lower quality care, many of these individuals may be reluctant to enter Community...

Are Assisted Living Communities Adequately Staffed?

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
Nursing homes have higher resident-to-staff ratios than assisted living communities, and both have more aides and licensed nurses during the day shift than overnight, a new study found.

Dementia Care: An Ever-Growing Controversy

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
Dear Dr. Diane: I recently listened to your PALTtalk podcast entitled “BPSD Bootcamp: What to Do in a Crisis?” ( https://bit.ly/3YkNEa2 ), and I was wondering about approaches to dementia. The son of one of my patients with Alzheimer’s disease said...

What Is Special About Dementia Special Care?

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
Thirty years ago, I resigned my position as a staff nurse on an inpatient psychiatric unit and moved to another state to take a nursing leadership position in a long-term care facility designed for individuals living with dementia. Dementia-specific...

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Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
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Dementia Care in Our LGBTQ+ Population

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
I’ve been caring for patients in the LGBTQ+ community for most of my career. I’ve seen the impact that a negative interaction can have on their health care. I have a patient in his 70s whose previous health care provider had denied gender-affirming...

‘Art Against Ageism’ Brings Playfulness and Joy to Activism

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
Activist art has always been a passion of mine, and when I stumbled upon Art Against Ageism’s Instagram account, I was immediately intrigued. Its bright red and pink logo and bold, color-filed images felt unique among many of the accounts I was...

Medication Controversies: Deprescribing Statins in Older, Frail Adults

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
Deprescribing is an accepted strategy for residents of skilled nursing or adult care facilities, where many patients may no longer need to be on medications that were prescribed for preventive or long-term goals. This is even more the case for...

Ethical Consideration of New Technology in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2024
Dr. Jones is a provider at a post-acute and long-term care facility who would like to integrate point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). She requests funding for a portable, handheld ultrasound device. The facility’s leadership and staff are not familiar...