Volume 23 - Issue 1 - January 2015 - ALTC
04/02/2015
Smokers who undergo certain medical procedures often experience poorer outcomes, resulting in increased healthcare costs.
Smokers who undergo certain medical procedures often experience poorer outcomes, resulting in increased healthcare costs.
Smokers who undergo certain...
04/02/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
Column
01/16/2015
This is the fifth article in a continuing series from Allan Vann, who has been the primary caregiver of his wife, Clare, who has Alzheimer's disease.
This is the fifth article in a continuing series from Allan Vann, who has been the primary caregiver of his wife, Clare, who has Alzheimer's disease.
This is the fifth article in a...
01/16/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
Column
01/16/2015
Long-term care residents commonly experience pressure ulcers, falls, dehydration, and altered nutritional status contributing to undesired weight loss.
Long-term care residents commonly experience pressure ulcers, falls, dehydration, and altered nutritional status contributing to undesired weight loss.
Long-term care residents...
01/16/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
Department
01/16/2015
Led by the AGS, nearly a dozen professional societies are urging CMS to support advance care planning for payment beginning in 2016.
Led by the AGS, nearly a dozen professional societies are urging CMS to support advance care planning for payment beginning in 2016.
Led by the AGS, nearly a dozen...
01/16/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
Department
12/15/2014
November 5-7, 2014; Orlando, FL
Managing Drug Interactions in Older Adults
November 5-7, 2014; Orlando, FL
Managing Drug Interactions in Older Adults
November 5-7, 2014; Orlando,...
12/15/2014
Annals of Long-Term Care
Column
Editor's Page
01/16/2015
Often recited as a prayer, there is a common expression in which wisdom is called upon to distinguish and accept the things in life that can be controlled from the things that cannot. This issue of Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and...
Often recited as a prayer, there is a common expression in which wisdom is called upon to distinguish and accept the things in life that can be controlled from the things that cannot. This issue of Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and...
Often recited as a prayer, there...
01/16/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
Ask the Expert
01/12/2015
ALTC discussed this year's flu season with CDC medical epidemiologist Fiona Havers, MD.
ALTC discussed this year's flu season with CDC medical epidemiologist Fiona Havers, MD.
ALTC discussed this year's flu...
01/12/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
Feature
Perspectives
01/16/2015
When poor outcomes occur, the initial reaction is to assume that the event was a result of a poor level of care.
When poor outcomes occur, the initial reaction is to assume that the event was a result of a poor level of care.
When poor outcomes occur, the...
01/16/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
Case Report and Brief Review
01/16/2015
The authors discuss the issues involving dabigatran use and present the case of an 83-year-old patient who experienced rapid functional decline.
The authors discuss the issues involving dabigatran use and present the case of an 83-year-old patient who experienced rapid functional decline.
The authors discuss the issues...
01/16/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
Case Report and Brief Review
01/16/2015
Conflict arises when patients and their families seem to accept the palliative care philosophy in principal, yet demand or refuse interventions in a way that is contrary to the basic principles of comfort care.
Conflict arises when patients and their families seem to accept the palliative care philosophy in principal, yet demand or refuse interventions in a way that is contrary to the basic principles of comfort care.
Conflict arises when patients...
01/16/2015
Annals of Long-Term Care
