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AI: What It Is and How It May Impact PALTC Residents

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
Timothy Holahan, DO, CMD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester and a multifacility medical director in New York, talked with Senior Contributing Writer Joanne Kaldy about the complex issue of artificial intelligence and how...

Taking Action on CMS Revised Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
There is a new set of revisions to the long-term care survey guidelines 2025, which surveyors will begin using on March 24, 2025.* The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a 900-page document last year outlining the changes, which...

The Treasure Chest

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
Nestled between a common space and the mailroom in the independent living section of the retirement community where I worked as a fellow in geriatrics, there was a place called the Treasure Chest — a small thrift store filled with things that held...

LTCfocus Data Accurately Identify Features of Dementia Special Care Units

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
Data from LTCfocus (Long-Term Care: Facts on Care in the U.S.) can determine whether a nursing home has a dementia specialty care unit, researchers found.

Unionization Benefits Direct Care Workers

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
Unionization can improve the financial well-being of direct care workers, including personal care aides, nursing assistants, and home health workers, a cross-sectional study in the United States found.

How Do Caregivers Experience Joy?

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
Caregivers in nursing homes experience joy through relationships with patients, and this joy helps contribute to caregiver well-being and team dynamics, a Canadian study found.

AI and the Not So Lost Art of Medicine

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
Dear Dr. Diane: It feels like everywhere I go, every discussion I have is about how AI [artificial intelligence] is taking over medicine. Our EMR already has decision support tools, and I do wonder what is next as family members come into my...

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Pharmacy Practice and AI: the Potential for Improving Care Outcomes for Residents in the PALTC Continuum

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
With the increasing shortage of health care providers, the number of older adults needing care is rapidly approaching a tipping point, outstripping the availability of health care professionals to meet the demand. Likewise, incorporating the volume...

Collaborative Wound Care

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2025
Wound care specialists in post-acute and long-term care settings often keep an open invitation for primary care teams to join their weekly rounds. Unless rounds are ridiculously early, primary care practitioners often recognize that working together...