Flu season is fast approaching. The 2017-2018 season was especially brutal for older adults, especially nursing home residents. Post-acute and long-term care (PA/LTC) settings such as nursing homes are a particularly dangerous environment for flu...
This year I was able to announce changes that are making the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine a dynamic force and an important resource for all providers in post-acute and long-term care, residents, families, and the LTC...
Obesity is an emerging global public health crisis that affects all age groups. Obesity has received far less attention as it relates to aging — even though it represents a growing public health policy issue with huge financial implications.
New research has demonstrated an increase in the need for extensive staffing assistance with reported activities of daily living (ADLs) when residents’ body mass index (BMI) increases.
“I can’t go back home. I can barely walk. How am I going to get around in my apartment?” said a frantic Mrs. S as we sat in a meeting at the skilled nursing facility where she had been receiving care over the last 3 weeks. She turned desperately to...
Health care systems are facing resource constraints, with the post-acute and long-term care field facing perhaps the most pressure. Unfortunately, not much relief is in sight: there are worsening shortages of skilled and competent staff and no...
