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COVID-19 Vaccination in VA Home Based Primary Care: Experience of Interdisciplinary Team Members

JAMDA
April 3, 2022
Describe how Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) team members discussed the COVID-19 vaccine with Veteran patients and their caregivers; describe HBPC team members' experiences providing care during the pandemic;...

Emotion Dysregulation and Workplace Satisfaction in Direct Care Worker Burnout and Abuse Risk

JAMDA
April 2, 2022
Direct care workers frequently encounter difficult interactions with the patients they serve and experience frustration and burnout. The current study tested a hypothesized model in which predictors of caregiver abuse risk (emotional dysregulation,...

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Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2022
As a large population of older adults undergoes surgical procedures, studies have shown that the biggest risk for complications comes from comorbid conditions and geriatric syndromes.

Minimizing the Risk of Resident-to-Resident Mistreatment in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2022
During a recent clinical visit to a memory care unit in an assisted living facility, I observed two patients begin to have a verbal altercation that could have ended badly were it not for the quick identification and action by the nursing assistants...

2022 Medical Director of the Year: Stand Tall – but Not Alone – in Turbulent Times

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2022
Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD, medical director of Georgia-based Horizons Lanier Park and New Horizons Limestone, may have been singled out by AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine as the 2022 Medical Director of the Year (MDOY),...

When Weather Rages, How to Keep Calm and Continue Caring

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2022
Just about every week there are headlines about some weather-related disaster — a flood, tornado, hurricane, wildfire, or something else — somewhere. Although these events are becoming increasingly common, this doesn’t mean that they’re easier to...

Consensus Principles on Medication Management in Frail Older Adults Wins 2022 Morley Award

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2022
Acomprehensive set of consensus principles on medication management in frail older people has won the JAMDA 2022 Morley Award for its relevance and impact on practice and policy in post-acute and long-term care (J Am Med Dir Assoc 2021;22:43–49).

Oversight, Right, and More Mishegas

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2022
Dear Dr. Steve: While I participate in my facility’s quality improvement efforts, I am puzzled about the approach. It seems to be almost exclusively based on survey issues and CMS quality measures. The staff and management seem to want to stick...

ASCP, PQA, and AMDA: A Collaboration Using Quality Measures to Advocate for Best Senior Care

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2022
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) is a membership association that was founded in 1969 to represent pharmacists and other health care professionals who work with older adults. ASCP’s mission is “to promote healthy aging by...