When AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine launched its Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) initiative in May 2020, the goal was a 25% reduction of medication use in PALTC. What evolved was a movement that united interdisciplinary...
Research has documented the benefits of intergenerational programming for older adults, including improved brain and cognitive function. But none of these studies quite capture the pure joy, emotional connections, and feelings of purpose that come...
Amidst a dearth of research on long COVID in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC), leaders and clinicians in the field have been taking note of worsening or new heart and lung problems, accelerated frailty and functional decline, prolonged delirium...
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AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s EDGE Symposium is back for another year of exploring practical approaches to “mending the cracks” in the PALTC system through engaging lectures, panel discussions, and facilitated small...
The past two years have brought plenty of challenges to post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) communities, and many of us feel the weight of dealing with a marathon of problems that never seems to end. Despite all obstacles, we continue to return to...
To date, older adults are consuming cannabinoids at a higher (no pun intended) rate than ever before. Chronic pain, cancer-related pain, back and neck issues, arthritis, insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety are the most common...
Alan Horowitz eloquently describes how a nurse was scapegoated for the failings of a faulty system in his recent article “Medication Errors and Homicide: When Law and Medicine Collide” (Caring for the Ages, 23(5)). The one part of the system omitted...
Mr. P is a 76-year-old male living in assisted living. He moved into the facility because his care needs exceeded his family’s capacity to care for him at home. He has multiple medical comorbidities, including a history of falls, and he requires...
Assisted living (AL) communities are very different state by state and even community by community. Each must adhere to their state-based requirements, which can vary based on the size of the community. AL communities can range from a few beds to a...
