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Fall Prevention

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
Dear Dr. Jeff:

The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine: Our Field’s Critical Dimension

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
As the new chair of the AMDA Foundation—Our Foundation — before sharing my vision for the coming two years, I would first like to celebrate those who have brought us here: our immediate past chair, Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, and all the tireless,...

Personalized Interactive Technology for Residents Connects Generations

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
Several years after securing grant money to install the It’s Never 2 Late (iN2L) computer system in 24 of Signature HealthCARE’s skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee, Angie McAllister says she was spot on. She and her colleagues wanted an...

Everybody’s Raving: Silent Discos Come to Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
A new trend for residents in nursing homes and assisted living communities comes from an unexpected source: dance clubs and rock music festivals. The “silent disco” takes personal access to music and the benefits that come from it to a whole new...

Wit, Wisdom, and Hard Work Make a Model Medical Director of the Year

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
It takes a lot to surprise Charles Crecelius, MD, PhD, CMD, but the veteran practitioner and long-time member of AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine was “shell-shocked” to learn he’d been named 2019 Medical Director of the...

Journal Highlights From the April Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
Use of basic dressings, namely saline gauze or similar inert dressings, for treating pressure injuries (PIs) should be discontinued in favor of hydroactive dressings, according to a systemic review and meta-analysis that also suggests that use of...

Admitting and Treating Patients With Mental Illness and a History of Self-Harm

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
Due to the changing dynamic in the health care industry, the number and percentage of elderly patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities with mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety) and dementia (along with the...

Comment on: Stopping Eating and Drinking by Advance Directives: Choose Your Injustice

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
This case is not an ambiguous one. I think that in real life very few physicians would implement an order to withhold food and sedate someone who still appears to want food, can still feed himself, and is able to swallow safely like Bill in this...

Comment on: JAMDA 2019 Morley Award Recognizes Research That Changes Lives, Policy

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
This study supports previous research that we can’t get residents, families, or caregivers to really believe: exercise is the best way to prevent falls! The problem is everyone would rather just take vitamin D, which we now know is not as effective...

Comment on: Serving Selflessly Gives Residents’ Lives Meaning

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
Whenever we hear the word innovation, mostly what comes to mind is something like an iPhone or a fancy wearable gadget. But the truth is that we can create much needed efficiencies for our communities and our patients by thinking outside the box for...