At the start of “Ethical Considerations in Applying AI,” a session at PALTC24, the Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, Timothy Holahan, DO, CMD, made an observation that sums up both the challenges and...
It’s a common scenario for long-term care practitioners: residents fall, hit their head, are sent to the emergency department (ED), and return after an extensive, unrevealing workup (and, of course, with the diagnosis of “UTI”). The facility then...
The 150-bed memory care unit (MCU) at Coler Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center has a two-thirds racial and ethnic minority population. The unit’s residents have been impacted by social determinants of health associated with poor health...
There are significant differences in Medicare Home Health Care outcomes between underrepresented racial and ethnic groups compared with white individuals, U.S. researchers found from a secondary data analysis.
Delirium does not affect the trajectory of activities of daily living (ADL) and quality of life (QoL) during acute infection or geriatric rehabilitation, a European study found.
When my daughter was in the seventh grade, she participated in a National History Day contest ( https://nhd.org/en/ ) in which students from across the country present a wide variety of historical research projects. Her project was an exhibit...
Pain is a common problem in long-term care, yet sometimes it can be hard to get people to take pain seriously. Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, said, “Pain is not an issue if you ask people...
Dave was an 86-year-old patient with Parkinson’s disease dementia. He had a fall at home and after a brief stay at the hospital came to the facility where I work for skilled care. I had known Dave for about six months at the point of admission; he...
