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In Pursuit of Slowness

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
I love my work as a post-acute and long-term care geriatrician, and as a hospice and palliative medicine specialist. I freely admit that. Yes, there are plenty of headaches, including administrative and regulatory burdens, and there’s the...

News From the Society

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
AMDA has launched a new Learning Management System — APEX — to simplify and enhance delivery of its extensive collection of education content and products. With this new system, you’ll be able to register for and access programs instantly, locate...

Journal Highlights From the March Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
Pneumonia is one of the most common infections identified in nursing home residents and has the highest mortality rate, yet the diagnosis and appropriate treatment can remain elusive due to its “atypical presentation” and lack of studies of...

In This Issue

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants should be considered for leadership roles supporting medical directors in nursing homes. 8

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Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
Website: https://apex.paltc.org/page/core-curriculum-on-medical-direction

My Two-Minute Drill (Lapels and All)

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.— E.M. Forster, Howard’s End (1910)

Phishing Is No Fun: Staying Safe in the Digital Age

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
Aaron Poppas, infrastructure security engineer at GPM Corporation, talks about how you can protect your personal information and help thwart cybercriminals.

Collaborating With NPs and PAs: Best Practices for Comanagement of Patient Care

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
The increasing shortage of physicians combined with an increasing aging population requiring care has led to comanagement as a viable patient care model. Comanagement is defined as a physician and either a physician’s assistant (PA) or a nurse...

Lost Transitions

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
Dear Dr. Jeff: The major referral hospital for our skilled nursing facility is a highly rated academic medical center. Nevertheless, they repeatedly transfer to us medically complex patients who may be unstable, typically with minimal, inaccurate,...

Supporting the Medical Director: An Opportunity for Physicians, NPs, and PAs

Caring for the Ages
March 1, 2020
I remember a key turning point in my career in post-acute and long-term care. The new medical director at the facility where I had been working for several years began to give me recommendations on the impact of my care. Before that, I had barely...