PALTC medicine is an interdisciplinary art, populated by passionate, creative professionals, as well as a proving ground for innovation. To recognize and promote innovation, the Society introduced its first Shark Tank Competition during the 2018...
Individuals with dysphagia have an increased risk of mortality, especially when the dysphagia is accompanied by weight loss, researchers from Germany report.
Compared with cognitive impairment, mobility impairment affects a similar number of the elderly and requires a comparable level of care, yet it receives far less attention, according to a presenter at AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term...
Maureen D. Carland, MA, RN-BSN, NHA, administrator of the Maine Veterans Home-Scarborough, talks about the certified nursing assistant’s role in post-acute and long-term care.
Post-acute patients diagnosed with a behavioral health disorder are more likely to enter low-quality nursing home facilities and less likely to enter high-quality facilities than those without the diagnosis, according to study results in the...
Preliminary results from a cluster randomized controlled trial have shown the potential of a mouth care program to curb the rates of pneumonia in the nursing home setting. Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
What determines whether an eligible nursing home resident receives hospice care? Familial reluctance and financial disincentives can play a role in hospice underutilization, but so can staff attitudes about end-of-life care.
The concept of the geriatric emergency department is well developed after more than a decade of evolution, and at least nine EDs throughout the country are now accredited by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) as part of the first...
In a cohort of nursing home residents with advanced dementia, the proxies’ estimate of a resident’s prognosis was moderately accurate, and their perception of a resident having fewer than 6 months to live was associated with a decreased likelihood...
