Chronic pain is common among older adults, as is the use of medications to treat these symptoms. Aging physiology, in combination with a higher likelihood of medication use and declining renal function, makes older adults more susceptible to adverse...
Trunnionosis is a complication after placement of prosthetic devices that composes 2% of revisions of total hip arthroplasty. Metal-on-metal hip replacements include the ball, the stem, and the prosthesis that rests on top of the ball. The trunnion...
I love my work as a post-acute and long-term care geriatrician, and as a hospice and palliative medicine specialist. I freely admit that. Yes, there are plenty of headaches, including administrative and regulatory burdens, and there’s the...
AMDA has launched a new Learning Management System — APEX — to simplify and enhance delivery of its extensive collection of education content and products. With this new system, you’ll be able to register for and access programs instantly, locate...
Pneumonia is one of the most common infections identified in nursing home residents and has the highest mortality rate, yet the diagnosis and appropriate treatment can remain elusive due to its “atypical presentation” and lack of studies of...
Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.— E.M. Forster, Howard’s End (1910)
Aaron Poppas, infrastructure security engineer at GPM Corporation, talks about how you can protect your personal information and help thwart cybercriminals.
The increasing shortage of physicians combined with an increasing aging population requiring care has led to comanagement as a viable patient care model. Comanagement is defined as a physician and either a physician’s assistant (PA) or a nurse...
