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Too Many Cookies

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
Did your mother ever equate learning to your brain being a cookie jar, with each new bit of information we learned like a cookie being stored in that jar? My wife, Cheryl, used that analogy to her son as a positive incentive to learning, and it...

From Detection to Prevention and Beyond: The Future of Sensor Technology in Senior Living

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
In an innovative senior living community in Columbia, MO, called TigerPlace, sensor technology that continually monitors the residents and sends alerts when patterns change is helping nurses and other providers prevent falls and detect early signs...

Medical Director of the Year Nominees, 2019

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
The role of the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) medical director has evolved over the years. However, talk to any member of AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine who fills this role and you will hear passion, commitment...

Performers Put Practitioner Communication in the Footlights

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
Communication. It’s something everyone does every day. But sometimes what is said and what is heard are two different things. “Clinicians get frustrated because they think they’re communicating well, but people don’t seem to understand what they...

What to Expect When Cannabis Comes to Your State

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
Support for legalization of medical cannabis is gaining speed in Mississippi. Supporters have collected nearly 40,000 signatures to get the issue on the state’s 2020 ballot; they just need another 45,000 by September. To date, 33 states and the...

PTSD and Trauma-Informed Care in the Long-Term Care Setting

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
Trauma-informed care figures prominently in Phase 3 of the revised federal Requirements of Participation that goes into effect in November of this year, which stipulates that long-term care facilities must provide behavioral health services for...

Paradise Lost

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
They have been driven out now, the ones who managed to survive Paradise. The inferno burned them from their tiny homes, their trailers, their RVs, their tranquil plots along the ridges and valleys among the pines.

Our Foundation’s Unique Annual Fund

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
To the best of my knowledge, just about every college and university alumni association has an annual fund campaign to raise money for scholarships, facilities, and other higher education purposes. At some schools, classes compete to determine which...

Partner With Providers to Reduce Opioid Risk

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
Editor-in-Chief of Caring for the Ages, Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, sorts out the facts and myths about the dangers of opioids.

Journal Highlights From the March Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2019
Older individuals who did not regularly use opioids before sustaining fragility fractures are more likely to remain on the medications one year after the fracture occurs, especially those who undergo surgery, according to a population-based cohort...