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Music Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

JAMDA
December 1, 2018
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurologic disorder involving degeneration of the dopaminergic system. Its clinical manifestations include motor and nonmotor symptoms. Several nonpharmacologic therapies, such as music therapy (MT...

Social Frailty Predicts Incident Disability and Mortality Among Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Adults

JAMDA
December 1, 2018
To determine the prevalence of social frailty and its relation to incident disability and mortality in community-dwelling Japanese older adults.

Giving to “Our Foundation”

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2018
All of us practicing post-acute and long-term care medicine are confronted with a lot of information and data. But it is up to us, using everything we know, see, and feel, to make decisions about patient care. Our job is to think both broadly and...

Don’t Miss These Events

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2018
Website: https://paltc.org/core

Destination, Atlanta: Annual Conference Offers the Best of PALTC Medicine

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2018
Registration is now open for AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine 2019 Annual Conference, set for March 7-10 in Atlanta, GA. Many practitioners, such as Firas Saidi, MD, CMD, have already signed up. As Dr. Saidi, the...

Journal Highlights From the December Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2018
Staff training can lead to improved oral hygiene and denture care among nursing home residents, a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found.

Caring Communication: Connecting with Practitioners, Staff for Quality Outcomes, Happy Patients

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2018
Several years ago, Caring for the Ages introduced this column to help encourage the best possible communication between practitioners and patients/families in post-acute and long-term care on a wide range of topics. We gathered a prestigious group...

Q&A with an Expert: The Rise of Hospital Medicine and Its Impact on Health Care Delivery

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2018
In an exclusive interview with Caring for the Ages, Jasen Gundersen, MD, MBA, president of TeamHealth’s Hospitalist and Post-Acute Care service lines, spoke with Ian Cordes, a member of Caring’s Editorial Advisory Board, about the increasing role of...

Get the Best of PALTC Medicine: 2019 Society Membership Is Now Open

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2018
Whether you are interested in education and continuing medical education credits, webinars and other online programming, the latest research, podcasts featuring national experts, or you just want to connect with like-minded colleagues, Society...

Physician Burnout, Depression, and Suicide

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2018
The work we do — geriatrics and long-term care — always ranks high in job satisfaction when polls are taken. And yet ask any doctor you know, and he or she will tell you about one or two or four or more medical friends and colleagues who offed...