MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Mark E. Williams, MD, CMD, doesn’t back away from challenges. In fact, he seems to relish them. Providing quality care for his patients is his incentive, and the results have been impressive. In three years, he...
To explore comparability of Kihon Checklist (KCL) and Kaigo-Yobo Checklist (KYCL) to Frailty Index (FI) in predicting risks of long-term care insurance (LTCI) certification and/or mortality over 3 years.
This study examined the association between the administration of drugs to the wrong nursing home residents with a need for hospital treatment or as an indicator of mortality.
To state the obvious: impactful research in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) addresses topics important for practice, policy, and research now and in the future, using sound data and rigorous analytic methods.
Sixteen years ago, we published an analytical model that projected the impact of a breakthrough drug for Alzheimer's disease.1 At that time, the enzyme that cleaves amyloid precursor protein had recently been identified,2 and it seemed reasonable to...
Despite limited efficacy and significant safety concerns, antipsychotic medications are frequently used to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in long-term residential care. This study evaluates the sustained reduction of...
