GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — In a world where there is a shortage of practitioners and specialists, as well as tight budgets and growing pressure to keep patients out of the hospital, telemedicine increasingly is a promising tool to enable quality, cost-...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — A variety of tools may be used to help screen for polypharmacy and implement evidence-based deprescribing practices in the post-acute and long-term care setting. At AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Participants in a survey conducted in 2017 at AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference said they were likely to strongly agree that deprescribing can improve residents’ quality of life and...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — The field of post-acute and long-term care is “at the edge of a transformational cliff,” keynote speaker Cheryl Phillips, MD, CMDR, president and chief executive officer of the Special Needs Plans Alliance, told her audience at...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — In her address at the Friday morning General Session at AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Annual Conference, Society Immediate Past President Heidi White, MD, CMD, welcomed new members and stressed...
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Physical therapist Allison Gustavson, PT, DPT, set out to determine the functional profile of a typical heterogeneous skilled nursing facility population and found that most patients are being discharged back to the community with...
A divided Louisiana Senate voted 27-10 to back a state operating budget of more than $28 billion that would make steep cuts across state government to protect health programs for the elderly and disabled. The budget approved on May 15 will protect...
Amidst reports of safety concerns involving pimavanserin, a drug approved to treat psychosis symptoms among patients with Parkinson’s disease, the Food and Drug Administration stated it has begun reassessing the safety of the drug.
We recently received a thoughtful letter from Susan Martin, MSN, NP-C, of Aurora, IN, that contained many kind observations about Caring for the Ages as well as some constructive criticism. Our Editorial Advisory Board used Ms. Martin’s letter as a...
