Most post-acute and long-term care settings offer opportunities for residents to participate in activities. Common activities include bingo or card games, television, arts and crafts, exercise classes, music, and social events. Participation in...
The human endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a complex and intricate biological network crucial in regulating and maintaining various physiological and cognitive processes. The ECS consists of many receptors, enzymes, and endocannabinoids spread...
Ambulatory measurements of trunk accelerations allow researchers to create models for identifying older individuals at high risk of falling, but these models face challenges in robustness regarding accuracy, a study in the Netherlands found.
Dear Dr. Diane: I was on a call in which someone mentioned that assisted living isn’t PALTC. I know that you have spoken about the “PALTC Continuum,” but I don’t know what that means. Can you clarify that and answer how assisted living, independent...
As a nurse practitioner, most of my clinical practice has been in post-acute and long-term care settings; however, for the past 20 years I have also maintained a small home-based dementia care clinical practice. Through this experience, across...
If you are a provider who works in a long-term care facility, in assisted living, or with community-dwelling older adults, it is likely you will encounter a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD may be of particular...
In our capitalistic Western health care system tempered by government mandates and professional standards, organizations like the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed), the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...
Although I’ve pretty much stopped watching the news on television, I did recently see some coverage of the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day. This sparked my memory of the 40th anniversary in 1984, during which time I was...
