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Fall Prediction Models Still Need Work

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
Ambulatory measurements of trunk accelerations allow researchers to create models for identifying older individuals at high risk of falling, but these models face challenges in robustness regarding accuracy, a study in the Netherlands found.

Where Does Post-Acute and Long-Term Care End? Navigating the Evolving PALTC Landscape

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
Dear Dr. Diane: I was on a call in which someone mentioned that assisted living isn’t PALTC. I know that you have spoken about the “PALTC Continuum,” but I don’t know what that means. Can you clarify that and answer how assisted living, independent...

Tips and Resources for Home-Based Dementia Care

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
As a nurse practitioner, most of my clinical practice has been in post-acute and long-term care settings; however, for the past 20 years I have also maintained a small home-based dementia care clinical practice. Through this experience, across...

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COPD: Opportunity to Manage Across the Long-Term Care Continuum

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
If you are a provider who works in a long-term care facility, in assisted living, or with community-dwelling older adults, it is likely you will encounter a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD may be of particular...

PALTC Industry Partners: A Formula for Better Delivery of Care

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
In our capitalistic Western health care system tempered by government mandates and professional standards, organizations like the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed), the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...

Blessed With Stories: How Patient Narratives Give Meaning to Our Work and May Invite Young Professionals Into the Field

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
Although I’ve pretty much stopped watching the news on television, I did recently see some coverage of the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day. This sparked my memory of the 40th anniversary in 1984, during which time I was...

My Experience With Multigenerational Living

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
A much-cited report from Pew Research Center from March 2022 details the recent rapid growth in the United States of multigenerational households — about four times what they were in 1970. The number of people living in multigenerational homes has...

Medical Foster Home: A Model to Support Aging in Place and Develop Community for Older Adults

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
When delivering care that aligns with what matters, it is important to note that approximately 90% of older adults prefer to age in place. It is thus imperative to explore models of care that meet the needs of this population (N. Farber et al., “...

Taking the Blame Out of Falls to Empower People to Stand Up and Move

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2024
Dennis W. Klima, PhD, DPT, PT, MS, FNAP, professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, talks to senior contributing writer Joanne Kaldy about the importance of avoiding blame and shame when a loved one...