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Physical Fitness, Biological Aging, and Healthy Longevity

JAMDA
August 8, 2025
Physical fitness, particularly cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and muscle strength, is associated with reduced disease risk. However, its combined association with biological aging in promoting healthy longevity remains unanswered. We investigated...

Creating a Clinical Care Pathway for Depressive Symptoms and Disorders in Long-Term Care: A Modified Delphi Process

JAMDA
August 8, 2025
A clinical care pathway for depression detection, diagnosis, and treatment in long-term care (LTC) does not exist.

Shared Risk in Assisted Living: Awakening a Sleeping Giant

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2025
Providing person-centered care is the core philosophy of assisted living, an industry serving more than one million older adults across 32,000 communities in the United States (National Center for Health Statistics, “Data From the National Post-...

The Public Perception of Nursing Home Care

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2025
Fifteen years ago, I wrote a piece in response to an exposé published in my local paper, the San Antonio Express-News, about one of our nation’s oldest older adults — a man living with dementia and Parkinson’s disease who had developed pressure...

The Case for Universal Multidrug-Resistant Organism Decolonization

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2025
Reference: Gussin GM, et al.; CDC Safety and Healthcare Epidemiology Prevention Research Development (SHEPHERD) Program. Reducing Hospitalizations and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms via Regional Decolonization in Hospitals and Nursing Homes. JAMA...

Immunizations for the 2025 to 2026 Year

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2025
Today more than ever it is important for us in geriatrics to encourage immunizations for our residents and patients across all areas of post-acute and long-term care. Since 1974, vaccinations against 14 preventable illnesses have led to 154 million...

Amplify Your Voice, Sharpen Your Skills at Advocacy Summit

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2025
Physicians and other practitioners are focused every day on providing excellent patient care. They don’t often have time to share their stories or advocate for legislation and policies that best support their work. The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...

When Worlds Collide: When What Matters Most Meets Medications in the Older Adult With Infectious Diseases

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2025
Adverse drug events (ADEs) associated with antibiotics have been implicated in 13.7% of all adult emergency department visits among those aged 20 years and older. Based on information on prescriptions dispensed from retail and long-term care...

Pressure Injuries: Not Always a Quality Measure

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2025
Pressure injuries, also known as bedsores, pressure ulcers, and decubiti, have long been designated a measure of health care quality based on the notion that their presence reflects inadequate care. However, this connection deserves closer scrutiny...

When It Comes to Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Care Teams Are Superheroes

Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2025
Today’s superhero movies often feature teams of people with superpowers working together to overcome villains and evil, demonstrating that even Superman and Iron Man need help sometimes. For similar reasons, a team approach to preventing and...