In assessing the neuropsychiatric symptoms of patients with dementia, Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH, a professor in the division of geriatric medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said one of her main teaching points is to avoid...
The pendulum of opioid prescribing for pain management has “swung too far” in the direction of scrutiny and pressure on prescribers, and the swing is leaving physicians and other caregivers of older patients in “a true conundrum,” said Nicole J...
The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a powerful tool for implementing standardized assessment and for facilitating care management in nursing homes and non-critical access hospital swing beds (SBs). MDS 3.0 has been designed to improve the reliability,...
A cross-sectional study of the nursing staff’s role in residents’ activities in seven Dutch nursing homes shows that when staff were involved in activities of daily living (ADLs), they took over almost half the observed activities and rarely...
Education and support of caregivers are part of six dementia-related quality measures approved for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) quality score, and their inclusion reflects a growing recognition of the importance of caregivers and...
I freely admit that I spend more time than I probably should on social media and the internet in general. I post pretty frequently on Facebook, and I’m a member of several groups, including the PALTC Physician and NP/PA group (readers, please join...
Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD, heard a neighbor knocking on his door at 1:50 a.m., but it wasn’t until 3 hours later that the situation seemed urgent. The wildfires in the area — which were still several miles away — had begun to feel very real. He and...
For years, post-acute and long-term care facilities have positively affected the lives of older adults. Increasingly, they now are helping younger people deal with devastating illnesses and injuries, so they may pursue purpose and independence. The...
