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Diagnostic Quality as a Key Quality Improvement Concern

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Dear Dr. Steve: In my facility, our staff and practitioners often struggle with the accuracy and completeness of diagnoses on new admissions. It is often challenging to get the information that is needed, particularly to confirm or update...

Paxlovid: What Staff in Long-Term Care Should Know

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Prescribing Paxlovid, the oral COVID-19 outpatient treatment recommended by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has underscored the importance of strong clinician–pharmacist relationships and of communication with patients, residents, and their...

When Sparring Spouses Need a Referee in Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Marriage is complicated, and every couple is unique. When a couple — or one spouse — enters a long-term care community, their relationship faces new challenges, and the community’s staff may find themselves pulled into the drama. In addition to...

Using CMS Survey Tools and QAPI Principles to Evaluate Regulatory Compliance

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
The June 29, 2022, release of QSO-22-19-NH from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced significant revisions to surveyor guidance, which affected 62 regulations within 19 of the 21 regulatory groups (see https://go.cms.gov/...

Professional Social Workers in the Nursing Home

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
The International Federation of Social Work defines social work as “a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of...

Assessment and Management of Wandering and Elopement in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Some years ago, I was supervising a group of nurse practitioner students in the health care center of a continuing care retirement community where I had previously been employed. While I was in a room with a resident and student, I heard a knock and...

Journal Highlights From the November Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Skilled nursing facilities significantly reduced the amount of individual occupational and physical therapy (OT and PT) given to short-stay Medicare patients while increasing group therapy after the Patient Driven Payment Model, or PDPM, went into...

Shaping the Future of Eldercare

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
What is culture change? In 1997, when a group of diverse individuals from across the country founded what became Pioneer Network, that question wasn’t unusual. Nor was the question, What is person-centered care? We have more answers to those...

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Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022

Winner of 2022 Cowles Award Draws Attention to a COVID-19 Injustice

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
The 2022 Carey Cowles Award goes to Alan Horowitz, JD, RN, for “The Long and Winding Road: Life Care Center–Kirkland’s Journey for Justice” (Caring for the Ages 2021;23[2]:16). The award recognizes the author of the most read/downloaded article of...