Home health care patients who are at risk for becoming Incapacitated with No Evident Advance Directives or Surrogates (INEADS) may benefit from timely intervention to assist them with advance care planning. This study aimed to develop natural...
The epidemiology of medication discrepancies during transitions from post-acute care (PAC) to home is poorly described. We sought to describe the frequency and types of medication discrepancies among hospitalized older adults transitioning from PAC...
The study aimed to evaluate a simplified and practical frailty detection tool derived from the Fried frailty phenotype (FFP). This tool was developed to facilitate the identification of frail individuals in constrained settings, addressing the...
Global population ageing underscores the imperative of ageism and dementia-ism in the heath care setting as there is both anecdotal and published evidence that older persons are liable to receive less than optimum evidence-based treatments on...
Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, talks to senior contributing writer Joanne Kaldy about the connection between socialization and health and how to make sure your loved one has opportunities to socialize, connect, and enjoy life in a long-term care...
Reference: Joosten LPT, et al. Safety of Switching From a Vitamin K Antagonist to a Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant in Frail Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Results of the FRAIL-AF Randomized Controlled Trial. Circulation 2024;...
AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine held elections for a number of positions for the 2024-25 Board of Directors during PALTC24 in San Antonio, TX. Congratulations to the following individuals:
In July 2022 a pivotal review by Tracy A. Balboni, MD, MPH, and colleagues from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and other institutions across the United States was published in JAMA (2022;328:184–197)...
Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability in the United States, and approximately 795,000 people each year experience a new or recurrent stroke, according to the 2023 statistical update from the American Heart Association (AHA) (...
