“We need people on the ground to be involved,” said Daniel Wolfson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the ABIM Foundation. “We need them to work with us to demonstrate and communicate to others their successes with the Choosing...
Long-term care facilities have lagged heavily behind other health providers in adopting health information technology (IT). This article examines the facility characteristics that are associated with health IT adoption.
Recently, the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) consensus recommended case finding for cognitive impairment in adults 70 years or older as a fundamental step to enhance brain health worldwide.1 Although case finding for...
Geriatric patients with low skeletal muscle mass and strength generally have a relatively poor clinical outcome following acute illness. Therefore, it is recommended to routinely assess skeletal muscle mass and strength in patients admitted to the...
To explore the extent to which client characteristics, decision-maker attributes, and country influence judgments of institutional long-term care (ILTC) appropriateness for people with dementia.
For the next several months, Caring will feature a profile of a different Society committee. As a volunteer-driven organization, we depend on those individuals who devote their time, talents, and energies to Society projects, programs, and...
