Volume 15 - Issue 5 - May, 2007 - ALTC

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Preventing Aspiration in Older Adults with Dysphagia

09/05/2008

Norma A. Metheny, RN, PhD, FAAN

Norma A. Metheny, RN, PhD, FAAN ...

Aspiration is common in older adults with dysphagia and can lead to aspiration pneumonia.

Aspiration is common in older...

09/05/2008

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FUNDING IS LIMITED FOR THE YOUNGEST AMERICANS

09/05/2008

Linda Hiddemen Barondess, Executive Vice-President

Linda Hiddemen Barondess, Executive V...

Economists and lawmakers are taking a close look at the cost of financing Medicare, Social Security, and other entitlement programs that benefit older Americans.

Economists and lawmakers are...

09/05/2008

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Diagnosis and Management of Gout in the Long-Term Care Setting

09/05/2008

Harinder Singh, MD

Gout is a clinical syndrome caused by tissue deposition of monosodium urate crystals in a patient with an elevated body pool of uric acid.

Gout is a clinical syndrome...

09/05/2008

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Management of Diabetes Mellitus in the Nursing Home

09/05/2008

Danelle Cayea, MD, MS, and Samuel C. Durso, MD

Danelle Cayea, MD, MS, and Samuel C. ...

Diabetes mellitus, primarily type 2, is a prevalent, resource-intensive condition in nursing homes, which may have significant impact on residents’ function and quality of life.

Diabetes mellitus, primarily...

09/05/2008

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Abstracts from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

09/05/2008

Effect of an In-Home Occupational and Physical Therapy Intervention on Reducing Mortality in Functionally Vulnerable Older People: Preliminary Findings Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, Walter W. Hauck, PhD, Laraine Winter, PhD, Marie P. Dennis, PhD,...

Effect of an In-Home...

09/05/2008

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Q & A With the Expert on: Nursing Home Management

09/05/2008

Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD, ABPP, and Allan Bester, RN

Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD, ABPP, and...

The flexibility management principle asserts that flexibility is necessary in the way that management deals with residents and staff members in long-term care.

The flexibility management...

09/05/2008

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End-of-Life Nursing Home Care: Resource Allocation and Ethics

09/05/2008

Neil J. Nusbaum, JD, MD

Nursing home residents with life-limiting illness may or may not be formally enrolled in a hospice program, but are entitled to appropriate care at the end of life.

Nursing home residents with...

09/05/2008

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