Foot drop, from spinal or peripheral nerve disorder, affects gait and can contribute to falls. One of its more frequently identified etiologies is common peroneal nerve compression, often near the fibular head or neck, where the nerve is...
A unique Case of a female patient with dual sensory impairment (DSI) who experienced prolonged hospitalization >1 month, and the challenges of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Delirium in patients with COVID-19 can cause multiple adverse functional outcomes. However, the adverse cognitive effect in the elderly with dementia after surviving COVID-19 has not been widely described. We report a Case of a severe COVID-19...
Scurvy is a clinical syndrome that is caused by a deficiency of the water soluble vitamin C. First described in 1550 BCE it has been romanticized in stories of pirates who suffered skin and skeletal complications due to a lack of access to fruits...
This year another member of the podcast family of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine saw the light of day. Caring On-The-Go’s first episode premiered on January 27, 2021, featuring three stories selected by Caring for the...
When I started my career as an intensive care unit nurse, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what it takes to be a nurse practitioner (NP). But my experience in post-acute and long-term care over the past five years has certainly changed that. It...
The year 2013 was chronicled in a diary kept by Hendrik Groen (the author’s pseudonym), the self-proclaimed “inmate” of an assisted living senior community in the Netherlands. In the resulting book, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old (...
