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Building the PALTC Workforce: Pennsylvania Teaching Nursing Home Demonstration

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Phase I of this quality improvement demonstration aimed to evaluate the impact of academic-practice partnerships to enhance geriatric nursing education and accelerate workforce readiness, and integration of Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) to...

Addressing Veteran Health Equity Through Public-Private Partnerships

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Patients receiving long-term care (LTC) services are at higher risk for social determinants of health (SODH) disparities. Strategic public-private partnerships (P3) facilitate collaborations to reduce health inequities. As the largest integrated...

Addressing Polypharmacy in Long-Term Care Residents Through Deprescribing

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Engage skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in a Learning Collaborative to reduce risks of polypharmacy and inappropriate medications. The project aimed to reduce use of the targeted medications by 15% among long-term care residents.

Access to COVID-19 Therapeutics in Long-Term Care Facilities- Public-Private Collaboration

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
This study presents a pioneering approach aimed at facilitating timely access to monoclonal antibodies for LTC facilities through a unique partnership between a state health department and a private mobile healthcare provider. The primary goal was...

You Got to Stop That Dropper Because You Had Enough

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Hypercalcemia is a common clinical problem symptoms vary on severity and may not immediately point to its etiology, it requires laboratory testing and patient examination. This approach, fails to emphasize the importance of obtaining an accurate...

Treat or Not to Treat: Ethical Dilemma on Acute DVT

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Ethical dilemmas often occur in the practice of medicine. Practitioners in extended and long-term care facilities are often driven to these settings by their desire to improve quality of life and to alleviate suffering for frail older adults. There...

The Power of History in Diagnosing Acute Giardiasis

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Outbreaks of diarrheal illnesses are common among elderly residents of senior living community. Usually these are related to viral illnesses, food-borne illnesses, or medications. We report an unusual occurrence of Giardia as a cause of diarrhea in...

Struggle to Obtain Guardianship for an Unbefriended Long-Term Care Resident

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Challenges to establishing guardianship an unbefriend long-term care (LTC) resident.

Rapid Visual Loss in a 75-year-old Veteran Diagnosed with Cataracts

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a rare mitochondrial disorder that causes progressive vision loss in young males. Recent research shows that it can also affect older individuals. An interdisciplinary approach is crucial for early...

Post-Hospital Discharge Medication Review: Addressing New Medication Side Effects

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
After hospital and rehab discharge, patients can be discharged to long-term care settings with several new medications and require thorough medication review to prevent polypharmacy and adverse side effects. Our case outlines a geriatric patient,...