The past two years have brought plenty of challenges to post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) communities, and many of us feel the weight of dealing with a marathon of problems that never seems to end. Despite all obstacles, we continue to return to...
To date, older adults are consuming cannabinoids at a higher (no pun intended) rate than ever before. Chronic pain, cancer-related pain, back and neck issues, arthritis, insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety are the most common...
Alan Horowitz eloquently describes how a nurse was scapegoated for the failings of a faulty system in his recent article “Medication Errors and Homicide: When Law and Medicine Collide” (Caring for the Ages, 23(5)). The one part of the system omitted...
Mr. P is a 76-year-old male living in assisted living. He moved into the facility because his care needs exceeded his family’s capacity to care for him at home. He has multiple medical comorbidities, including a history of falls, and he requires...
Assisted living (AL) communities are very different state by state and even community by community. Each must adhere to their state-based requirements, which can vary based on the size of the community. AL communities can range from a few beds to a...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued updates to its guidance on the minimum health and safety standards that long-term care (LTC) facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS also updated and...
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Back in the 1980s, when Studio 54 was in its heyday, I taught high school science in New York City for a few years. Having graduated from a large public high school myself in a suburb of Cleveland, living in Manhattan in the early ’80s was a culture...
