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Advancing Coding and Education on Skin Failure

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Skin failure is an underrecognized condition that lacks dedicated ICD-10-CM codes, making accurate documentation and data collection a challenge. The Post-Acute Wound and Skin Integrity Council (PAWSIC) has teamed up with the American Academy of...

Prepping for the “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
When HR 1, officially named the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” or OBBA, passed by a narrow margin earlier this year, there were cheers and jeers. Moving forward, there will be questions, adjustments, predictions, and plans. Although there are likely...

Easy Entry Into Uncomfortable Conversations: Talking Finances With Your Older Loved One

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, editor in chief of Caring for the Ages, talks with Senior Contributing Writer Joanne Kaldy about the challenges of having productive conversations with older loved ones about their future and their finances.

Navigating the Cannabis Conversation: Separating Fact From Fear

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Research into health reporting reveals a consistent pattern of media misinformation, especially related to health and science. Headlines and news stories often misrepresent studies through omissions, misrepresentation of their design, sensationalism...

“The Beauty Remains”: What Renoir’s Battle With Rheumatoid Arthritis Teaches Us About the Healing Power of Creativity

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
During my teens, I viewed the paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the renowned French Impressionist, for the first time, and I was immediately enthralled by the vibrancy of his work, his subjects bathed in natural sunlight in the great outdoors...

Hearing Loss and Dementia

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
Individuals who experience hearing loss have nearly double the risk of developing dementia, an Israeli study found. Ared Kodesh, MD, of University of Haifa, and colleagues conducted a national cohort study in which they followed 102,067 members of a...

How Common Is Paid Family Care?

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
The number of family and friends who receive payment to provide care has been increasing, researchers have found.

Exercising Resiliency When the World Feels Like It’s Spinning Out of Control

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
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What Nursing Assistants Teach Us About Providing High Quality Care for Residents

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2025
The post-acute and long-term care industry continues to be under strain due to workforce shortages, higher costs of providing care, additional regulatory requirements, and consumer and media concerns about the quality of care being provided. Despite...

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