Perspectives

Sing Palat and colleagues describe the use and practicality integrated care models in the transition from acute to long-term care.

Long-term care homes (LTCHs) require a framework for symptom management of patients with COVID-19, including palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care. In this article, authors propose a framework with considerations for respiratory symptom...

The perception about how services are provided in a long-term care (LTC) setting matter nearly as much as the actual skills of the health care provider.

In their Perspectives article, Tolulope Famuyiro, MBBS, MPH, and coauthors call for universal vaccination against herpes zoster in the older adult population, especially among LTC residents, and provide practical strategies to ensure an...

To achieve the goals of reducing emergency room visits, prevent- ing unnecessary hospitalizations, reducing readmissions, and improving the over- all patient experience, models of care that are led or supported by a strong social work...

The author reviews the challenges related to transitions to long-term care teams and explores the integral role of volunteers in aiding these transitions. 

Healthcare policy makers have been attempting to link payments for multiple services that patients receive during an episode of care for many years.

Abstract: Chronic pain affects ~100 million American adults—more than the number affected by heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. While medical advances have led to more effective agents for treating pain, a range of regulatory and...

Models of collaboration between long-term care facilities and dental hygienists have proven efficacious in enhancing overall health outcomes for residents.