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Organizational Dysfunction Implicated in Antipsychotic Prescription Rates

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
A qualitative study from Australia has found that staffing levels and effective communication of management with staff were found to affect the levels of psychotropic prescribing.

Evolving Sepsis Criteria and New Management Guidelines Hold Lessons for PALTC

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
PHOENIX — The recently published Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) and newly updated Surviving Sepsis Campaign international guidelines for management emphasize the need for earlier recognition and more...

Barbara Resnick Honored by AGS for Commitment to Geriatrics

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
SAN ANTONIO — Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, was presented with the David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting in May.

Knowing Quality When You See It

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
Dear Dr. Jeff:

Bikes, Ballads, and Bots Can Help Ease Depression, Loneliness

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
PHOENIX — Depression is common among elderly Americans, but employing solutions beyond medication can lead to positive outcomes and happy facility residents, said Zeeshan Khan, MD, a physician in a geriatric fellowship program with the Rutgers...

The Power of POLST

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
Like many nursing home physicians, I am a big proponent of the POLST Paradigm. I believe POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, for those who live in the minority of states still without this modality) and its fellows (MOLST, MOST,...

Pharmacists Bring Their Expertise to Futures Program

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
PHOENIX — The Foundation Futures Program started as an opportunity for physicians to learn more about post-acute and long-term care, and it eventually expanded to include advance practice professions. This year, the program — held during AMDA – the...

Passing the Baton: New Director Prepares to Run With Futures

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
For nearly 10 years, Heidi White, MD, MEd, CMD, and Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD, chaired The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Futures Program, which has introduced more than 600 residents and fellows, as well as other health care...

Journal Highlights From the July Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
July 1, 2017
A collaboration of experts from around the world developed evidence-based, multi-disciplinary clinical practice guidelines for identifying and managing frailty, particularly for health care providers in the Asia-Pacific region, at the Asia-Pacific...

Completion of an Outpatient Visit After Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge and Readmission Risk

JAMDA
July 1, 2017
Examine the association between completion of an outpatient visit with a physician or advanced practice provider (PCP) within 7 days of discharge from a short skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay and 30-day readmission and determine if functional...