The Core Curriculum on Medical Direction has always received great reviews from participants, but that never stopped Society staff and Core faculty from seeking ways to improve, update, and enhance it. Recently, they have moved more of the program...
Individuals who have cognitive frailty — that is, frailty along with cognitive impairment but not dementia — have a much greater risk of functional impairment, impaired quality of life, and mortality, according to a longitudinal study in Singapore.
Medical director and geriatrician David Smith, MD, CMD, talks about how to help an elder loved one through the grieving process when they suffer a loss.
SAN DIEGO — A novel Alzheimer’s disease drug candidate appeared to stabilize cognition and function over 57 weeks in a small, early-phase, open-label trial.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently posted a FAQ sheet on guidance for wandering and exit-seeking behavior in Medicaid recipients in home and community-based settings (HCBS). The criteria requires HCBS institutions to...
Results from a small prospective observational cohort study of Dutch nursing home residents found that orthostatic hypotension (OH) was not a causative factor for falls.
Mr. H, an 80-year-old black man, was admitted to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after undergoing an open reduction, internal fixation to repair a broken left hip. Mr. H had several comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes, dementia...
Researchers in Denmark have concluded that use of glucose-lowering sulfonylureas and glitazones within 90 days increased the risk for hip fractures in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes.
The final rule for long-term care facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs was published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Oct. 4, 2016, as “Medicare and Medicaid programs; reform of requirements for long-term...
The headline read, “How tens of thousands of patients who weren’t actually dying wound up on hospice care.” This appeared in the Washington Post on Sept. 15, 2016. The reason, according to this article, was that “hospice companies earn more by...
