Dear Dr. Jeff: I recently completed a geriatrics fellowship and joined a multispecialty group practice in a small city. A few months ago, I agreed to serve as the Medical Director for a nearby 4-star nursing home. We have survived the pandemic...
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine announced recently that it is generally pleased with the final report from the administration’s Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes. However, the Society...
Times of change — transitions — are always a time for reflection for me, and perhaps for many of you. It allows an ideal opportunity to compare where we are, where we were, and where we aspire to be. My time as chair of the Foundation for Post-Acute...
Nancy Lerner, DNP, RN, associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, talks about how you can play role in planning your loved one’s care in a nursing home during the pandemic and beyond.
In the United States, dementia affects an estimated 5.8 million Americans, and this number is expected to rise to nearly 14 million by 2050 (Alzheimers Dement 2020;16:391–460). Most of these future 14 million Americans will receive care from a...
In her book, Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life (Bloomsbury, 2019), which became a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, explores the challenges associated with aging in the United States and offers a...
The COVID-19 pandemic has given “home” a whole new meaning for older adults. It was always a sanctuary, a place to feel safe and comfortable, but now we know that there also must be ways to keep people connected, engaged, and active when getting out...
For five years, Carey Cowles served as Caring’s managing editor with wisdom, wit, and warmth, not to mention experience. When she lost her battle to cancer two years ago, an award to recognize the author of the most read/downloaded article of the...
Despite research showing the benefits of nonpharmacologic treatment for behavioral expressions of dementia, clinicians often opt for using psychotropic medications such as antipsychotics, even though these agents are associated with adverse events...
