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The Future of Hospitals in the Geriatric Continuum

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
Dear Dr. Jeff: Our nursing home fills its beds with patients being discharged from the hospital. We have tried to position ourselves as a useful resource and reliable care partner. But as everything in health care changes, how should we prepare...

News From the Society

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
Rollin Wright, MD, CMD, co-chair of the Annual Conference Planning Subcommittee, has expressed a conundrum shared by many conference participants: “There are so many great sessions, it’s nearly impossible to choose just one for each time period.”...

Proton Pump Inhibitors and Dementia

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
Hospitals can be dangerous places for older adults. One of these dangers is inappropriate medications — the most common of which is proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). Patients who are discharged taking a PPI often continue to receive it after their...

Responding to Regulatory Pressure About Nursing Home Abuse

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.—Steve Jobs

The Search for PALTC Utopia: Annual Report From AMDA

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
Imagine a world where all patients, residents, and families in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings receive seamless care and service, perfectly responsive to their needs and goals. A world where physicians and advance practice clinicians...

Caring Collaborative for Friendly Institutions and Communities

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
Typically our patients come out of a hospitalization worse than when they went in, whether that be with delirium, a decline in function, nosocomial infections, polypharmacy, or medical errors. Despite efforts to treat older adults in place and avoid...

How to “ACHIEVE” Better Transitions

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2020
This is the epoch of Value Based Payments (VBP). Some in the medical community consider them wonderful, while others may feel they are evil. Regardless of our feelings, they are here to stay for the foreseeable future. Within that VBP framework, the...

March 29, 2020

Weekly Roundup
March 29, 2020
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The Society Continues to Advocate for Nursing Home Clinicians

Policy Snapshot
March 28, 2020
Last week the Society continued efforts to advocate for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) clinicians. The Society joined other national and state medical societies to encourage lawmakers to include in the final “stimulus” legislation provisions...

AMA, AHA, ANA Urge Public to Stay Home

Policy Snapshot
March 28, 2020
The leading U.S. medical and health organizations last week called on the American people to stay home to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and limit its long-term health effect on our country. The open letter from the...