Nursing home residents want to know the staff who care for them and to be known in return. Such reciprocal relationships are central to palliative care and, more broadly, to person-directed living, but they often don’t happen without concerted...
AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Board of Directors has entrusted the Innovations Platform Advisory Committee (IPAC) to lead the creation of an innovations infrastructure for the Society. IPAC comprises key health care...
In the December 2016 “Caring Transitions” column, James Lett, MD, CMD, told a true story about a disagreeable event he encountered as a medical director (Lett, Caring for the Ages 2016;17[12]:16): A patient on observation status (OBS) while in the...
As a medical director, I have worked with many dedicated clinical staff. However, passion does not always translate to quality care due to the historical systems that have been put in place across an organization. To see results, leadership must...
In late August, the Food and Drug Administration somewhat surprisingly granted “breakthrough” status to a not-so-new drug, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, long used recreationally in the club scene and known as ecstasy, X, or Molly), for the...
LOS ANGELES — Endocrinologist Jane Weinreb, MD, has a message for long-term care facilities and clinicians about caring for people with diabetes: help them control their glucose, but don’t overdo it. In fact, a high HbA1C level — even nearly 9% —...
When health care practitioners talk about transitions of care, they are really asking, “Is everyone on the same page?” said Alicia Arbaje, MD, MPH, PhD, associate professor of medicine and director of transitional care research at Johns Hopkins...
When people think of marijuana, they may picture Cheech and Chong, embodying the stereotypical image of stoners high on drugs who are mostly interested in chips and chilling out. However, as medical marijuana has become legal in 29 states and the...
This scoping study is the first step of a multiphase, international project aimed at designing a homecare robot that can provide functional support, track physical and psychological well-being, and deliver therapeutic intervention specifically for...
