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Feeding in Dementia: There’s a Better Way

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
For many providers of nursing care in the elderly, the mandate for feeding patients with dementia is a simple one: Get food in them. If you run into a problem, figure it out.

Easing Regulations May Do More Good Than Harm

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
As with so many things I see on the internet, and in traditional media these days, I am ambivalent about reports that there will be less regulatory enforcement in nursing homes in the next year or so under our current administration. Don’t get me...

New Survey Process Features Retooled Regulations, F-Tags

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
The new federal Long-Term Care Survey Process began Nov. 28, 2017, with a main objective of ensuring residents’ needs are met, they are kept safe, and they can attain or maintain their highest possible level of well-being. It is designed to address...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
February 1, 2018

General Information

JAMDA
February 1, 2018

Table of Contents

JAMDA
February 1, 2018

Editorial Board

JAMDA
February 1, 2018

The Role of Physicians Practicing in Assisted Living: What Changes Do We Really Need?

JAMDA
February 1, 2018
We strongly concur with the editorial written by Katz, Kronhaus, and Fuller1 with regard to the recommendation that there be involvement of physicians in the care of residents living in assisted living (AL) communities, regardless of the state and...

Polypharmacy, An Unfinished Term

JAMDA
February 1, 2018
It is known that the worldwide population is aging, and the number of elderly people is at an all-time high. Elderly people have a high burden of chronic diseases associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death.1 This situation results...

Administrative Data for Research: An Increasingly Powerful Tool, but Still With Caveats

JAMDA
February 1, 2018
Recent decades have seen an explosion of administrative and clinical databases. Most developed countries now maintain a variety of aging and long-term care-related data sets at the national level; in the United States they include the Minimum Data...