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Nursing Home Design and COVID-19: Balancing Infection Control, Quality of Life, and Resilience

JAMDA
November 1, 2020
Many nursing home design models can have a negative impact on older people and these flaws have been compounded by Coronavirus Disease 2019 and related infection control failures. This article proposes that there is now an urgent need to examine...

Pushing Back Against Ageism

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
It was a time not unlike the present, although more than half a century has passed. The year was 1969, my first year of medical school in Philadelphia. Many of us had long hair back then and wore black armbands over our white coat sleeves to protest...

What Does the Future Hold for PALTC in 2021 and Beyond?

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
Oh, 2020. You aren’t over yet, and I cannot imagine what final miseries you hold in store in your waning days. I’ve always been a glass-half-full person who looks to see the good in others — a consensus-builder, a holder of space, a proponent of the...

The Constants of LTC: What’s Not Changing in the Next Decade

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
When thinking about the future of long-term care, we can start by drawing on the thoughts of Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos on the subject of strategy. “I very frequently get the question, ‘What’s going to change in the next 10 years?’ ... I almost never...

Diabetes and COVID-19 as Obstacles to Returining to Normal

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
Mr. G is an 87-year-old White male who was recently transferred to a nursing home within a continuing care retirement community where he lives with his wife. He was treated in an acute care setting for an exacerbation of congestive heart failure,...

A Better World in the Future

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
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...

News From the Society

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
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...

Will Good Intentions Pave the Road to the Future of LTC or the Road to Hell?

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.—W. Edwards Deming

A Time for Transitions

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
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...

Care Planning During Crises: Communication Is Key

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2020
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.