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Assessment and Management of Wandering and Elopement in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Some years ago, I was supervising a group of nurse practitioner students in the health care center of a continuing care retirement community where I had previously been employed. While I was in a room with a resident and student, I heard a knock and...

Journal Highlights From the November Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Skilled nursing facilities significantly reduced the amount of individual occupational and physical therapy (OT and PT) given to short-stay Medicare patients while increasing group therapy after the Patient Driven Payment Model, or PDPM, went into...

Shaping the Future of Eldercare

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
What is culture change? In 1997, when a group of diverse individuals from across the country founded what became Pioneer Network, that question wasn’t unusual. Nor was the question, What is person-centered care? We have more answers to those...

Don’t Miss These Events

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022

Winner of 2022 Cowles Award Draws Attention to a COVID-19 Injustice

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
The 2022 Carey Cowles Award goes to Alan Horowitz, JD, RN, for “The Long and Winding Road: Life Care Center–Kirkland’s Journey for Justice” (Caring for the Ages 2021;23[2]:16). The award recognizes the author of the most read/downloaded article of...

CMS Requirements of Participation Phase 3 and Appendix PP Guidance Revision: New Emphasis on Existing Concerns

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Simply stating the obvious, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed areas of weakness in the systems we need to provide care for those in our charge. Earlier this year, the Biden-Harris Administration published its goals to improve care in a Fact Sheet (“...

Tried-and-True Strategies for Managing Acute Agitation in Adults With Dementia

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
Upon entering the nursing facility one afternoon you encounter Mrs. Jones, an 84-year-old woman with a history of dementia, who propels her wheelchair toward you screaming, “Help me get out of here! Mama is trying to come get me, but they won’t let...

What the Activity Profession Taught Me About Caring for My Dad

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
My dad was born in June 1928 as part of the Greatest Generation, enlisting in the U.S. Army upon graduating from high school. He was stationed in Italy during the cessation of hostilities and still talks about his two years of service as though it...

DEI to Its CORE

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2022
“Where are you from?” This was the first question Ms. Sylvia asked me after we settled down in our chairs where she could hear and see me. She had functional hearing aids that had been recently updated, but due to her sensorineural hearing loss the...

Initial Nursing Facility Evaluation and Management Visits: Comparative Billing Report Coming Soon

Policy Snapshot
October 28, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will soon issue a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Medicare Part B claims for initial nursing facility evaluation and management visits. Use the data-driven report to compare your billing...