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Changes are Coming for Caring for the Ages

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Change is never easy, but the PALTmed Board of Directors and the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has decided to transition Caring for the Ages from a print publication to an online-only format.

Authors Share Insights on Choosing Wisely 2025 Recommendations From PALTmed

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
The Choosing Wisely campaign, founded by the American Board of Internal Medicine in 2012, encourages patients and medical providers to question common clinical practices that may not provide high value. Based on suggestions from Post-Acute and Long-...

New, Revised Resources for a Medical Director’s Roles

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
As post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) moves further into the world of value-based care, and other regulatory changes, medical directors need practical, topical resources. To help, the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) is...

Sleepless in the Supplement Aisle: What Does the Evidence Show About the Use of Dietary and Herbal Supplements for Sleep Disturbances in Older Adults?

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Sleep issues occur in over two-thirds of community-dwelling older adults (Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019;27:32–41). Almost three-quarters of long-term care residents and 65% of assisted living residents report problems with sleep (Sleep Med Clin 2018;...

The Language of Care: Making Language Support a Cornerstone of Workforce Development

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
I was instructing a nurse assistant student named Alex (a pseudonym), whose first language was not English. He had no problem speaking and understanding English: he could speak, follow instructions, and perform his job skills with confidence. But...

Advancing Coding and Education on Skin Failure

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Skin failure is an underrecognized condition that lacks dedicated ICD-10-CM codes, making accurate documentation and data collection a challenge. The Post-Acute Wound and Skin Integrity Council (PAWSIC) has teamed up with the American Academy of...

Prepping for the “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
When HR 1, officially named the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” or OBBA, passed by a narrow margin earlier this year, there were cheers and jeers. Moving forward, there will be questions, adjustments, predictions, and plans. Although there are likely...

Easy Entry Into Uncomfortable Conversations: Talking Finances With Your Older Loved One

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, editor in chief of Caring for the Ages, talks with Senior Contributing Writer Joanne Kaldy about the challenges of having productive conversations with older loved ones about their future and their finances.

Navigating the Cannabis Conversation: Separating Fact From Fear

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Research into health reporting reveals a consistent pattern of media misinformation, especially related to health and science. Headlines and news stories often misrepresent studies through omissions, misrepresentation of their design, sensationalism...

“The Beauty Remains”: What Renoir’s Battle With Rheumatoid Arthritis Teaches Us About the Healing Power of Creativity

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
During my teens, I viewed the paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the renowned French Impressionist, for the first time, and I was immediately enthralled by the vibrancy of his work, his subjects bathed in natural sunlight in the great outdoors...