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Assessing Health Needs Crucial for Home Care Service Delivery

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
Changes in self-sufficiency, as judged subjectively during an examination, often align with objective measurements when determining an individual’s personal support and care needs, functioning, and medical complexity, researchers in Ontario found.

In Pursuit of Purpose: How We Can Stop Burnout in Its Tracks

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
Dear Dr. Diane: I recently listened to your podcast on reclaiming joy — and was uplifted. I know that I have burnout. I am a physician who is exhausted by how much I have to do, day after day. I read something about “silent quitting,” and I think I...

Innovative Model of Care: Community Home Australia

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
What images come to mind when you imagine living in a nursing home? Perhaps long, narrow hallways, small rooms, poor food quality, or early showers? But now imagine being in a home where you can go to the grocery store, cook your own meal, go...

Consistent Staffing Assignments

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
I have been fortunate to work with several small assisted living facilities that have experienced less direct care staff attrition compared with many post-acute and long-term care communities. Recently, one of the assisted living communities hired a...

Relationship Challenges Between Aging Mothers and Their Adult Daughters

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
Several years ago, I worked as the registered nurse weekend supervisor in a continuing care community that included a memory unit. One of the pleasures of the job, particularly in the early weeks when I was still getting to know people, was visiting...

PALTC Industry Partners: A Formula for Better Delivery of Care

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
In our continued quest for excellence in our health care system, which is tempered by government mandates and professional standards, organizations like the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) and the Foundation for Post-...

What We Can Learn from Dr. Augusta Alba About How to Be a Good Mentor

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
Many now working in post-acute and long-term care settings may be unaware of the passing of Augusta Alba, MD, on November 5, 2024, a couple of weeks after celebrating her 100th birthday with family, friends, and former colleagues. Although Dr. Alba...

My Father, Falling

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
A tribute to all our Fathers as they age, and remembering those who served on D-Day, June 6, 1944

End-of-Life Care in the Post-Acute Setting: Meeting Our Patients Where They Are

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2025
As a veteran medical director whose early positions predated the post-acute care era, I can say that these new “profit” centers have been a nice change from the traditional longitudinal care of long-term residents. The patients are often hardier and...

PALTmed Events and Product

JAMDA
June 1, 2025