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CNAs and Friends, Allies Rally for Health Care Heroes With Virtual March

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
Storytelling is powerful, and on April 7, over 1,000 certified nursing assistants (CNAs) brought their stories to Washington, DC, for a virtual march organized by the National Association of Health Care Assistants (NAHCA). “Now is our time. We have...

Trust, Consistency, Engagement: Meeting the Complex Needs of Younger Residents and Staff Who Care for Them

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
When Rebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD, set out to develop AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s tool kit The Younger Adult in the Long-Term Care Setting ( https://bit.ly/3tS7hUM ) almost 10 years ago, she and her coauthors...

Get Moving on Constipation

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
Dear Dr. Jeff: Recently our facility had a patient who complained of abdominal pain and vomiting. She was sent to the emergency department where she received a Fleet enema and was returned with a diagnosis of “fecal impaction.” The family complained...

A Younger Adult With Rheumatoid Arthritis and COVID-19 Isolation

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
Mrs. R is a 47-year-old White woman who moved into the long-term care facility in 2018 when she needed more assistance than could be provided in her adult-care home. Her medical history is long and complicated: rheumatoid arthritis with multiple...

Younger Residents in Long-Term Care Find Meaning in Relationships, Engagement

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
Younger adults make up approximately 15% of the post-acute and long-term care patient population. They are more likely to be men and to have Medicaid as the primary payer (J Gerontol Nurs 2009;35:22-31). More younger adults in PALTC represent those...

Social Isolation and Depression: Making the Connection to Help Your Loved One

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
Paige Hector, LMSW, a clinical educator/consultant and a member of the Caring for the Ages editorial advisory board, takes a look at the connection between social isolation and depression.

A Man Named Peter: Living in Long-Term Care as a Younger Adult

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
Imagine you are 55 years old and moving to a different city and a new “home.” The only time you’ve lived anywhere but your lifelong family home was when you went to college; even then, your older brother was your roommate, and all your courses were...

Meeting the Emotional and Behavioral Needs of Younger Residents in Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
The National Center for Health Statistics reports that 16.5% of long-term care residents are younger than 65 (Vital Health Stat 3 2016;38:x-xii,1–105). However, we know that some LTC facilities tend to have higher concentrations of younger adults,...

Process to Earn Certified Medical Director (CMD) Certification

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
“Today we really need nursing home medical directors who are engaged and knowledgeable about our regulatory and risk management concerns, quality improvement initiatives, infection control requirements, and upgrading clinical services to decrease...

The Many Benefits of the Futures Program

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2021
I must admit, my attendance of the Futures Program in 2013 felt like pure dumb luck. I received the AMDA Foundation Futures Educational Grant through the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. I was not completely sure what the program...