The talk about vaccine mandates is everywhere, and some trends and issues are emerging. The vast amount of misinformation on the internet and elsewhere has made it challenging for the facts to filter through for many who are vaccine hesitant or...
I appreciate the opportunity that I have been given to take over this column from Dr. Jeffrey Nichols. For many years, Dr. Nichols offered an astounding amount of insight and good advice to Caring’s readership. In this column, I will do my best to...
Margaret finished her rehabilitation session 30 minutes ago. She starts to sweat and reports that her heart is pounding, and she feels dizzy. She calls for a staff person, who enters with a lunch tray that was late arriving. He tries to get Margaret...
There has never been a more important — or more challenging — time to plan for the future and become proactive and agile in an unpredictable world. AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has done just that with its 2021–2023...
Almost 50 years ago, the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) called for an increase in team-based patient care to improve patient safety (Educating for the Health Team, National Academies Press, 1972). Team-based care...
Lea Watson, MD, talks about how to deal with grief and mourning from having to put life and loved ones on hold for over a year, and how to get back to living.
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“We know there will come a point when this current storm is over. We are making decisions about who we want to be on the other side when it comes,” said trainer and consultant Carla Cheatham, MA, MDiv, PhD, TRT, at the closing general session of...
