Volume 26 - Issue 2 - March/April 2018 - ALTC

Feature

Perspectives

Making the Case for Universal Herpes Zoster Vaccination in Older Adults

04/09/2018

Tolulope Famuyiro, MBBS, MPH

Sarah Toombs Smith, PhD

Mukaila Raji, MD, MS

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...

In their Perspectives article,...

04/09/2018

Annals of Long-Term Care

Practical Research

Correlation of Hearing Loss and Chronic Falling Among Patients With Dementia in 3 Memory-Care Communities

04/09/2018

Ethan Schonfeld

Liz Tusler Meyer, AuD

Andrew Becker, MS

Katrina Tate, MS

Meghana Moodabagil, MS

Charlotte McSharry, MS

Mahta Amidi, MS

Andrew Bestler

Ricardo G Senno, MD, MS, FAAPMR3

Ricardo G Senno, MD, MS, FAAPMR, and colleagues conducted a 3-month observational study at 3 assisted-living communities in Illinois to investigate the correlation of hearing loss and fall risk in residents with dementia.

Ricardo G Senno, MD, MS, FAAPMR,...

04/09/2018

Annals of Long-Term Care

Column

LTC GPS

Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing: Are You Ready?

04/09/2018

Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD; Column Editor

Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, A...

Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD, discusses why SNFs are being held accountable for events occurring well outside their facility walls and what adjustments are needed within their care processes.

Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH,...

04/09/2018

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ECRI Strategies

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns, 2018

04/09/2018

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM; Column Editor

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPA...

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM, discusses ECRI Institute’s annual Top 10 list of patient safety concerns which helps organizations around the world and across the continuum of care identify looming patient safety challenges and...

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA,...

04/09/2018

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AGS Viewpoint

At #AGS18, Innovation for “Young & Young at Heart” Finds Common Home at Disney & in Geriatrics

04/09/2018

American Geriatrics Society (AGS)

American Geriatrics Society (AGS) ...

Home to the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting (#AGS18), the Walt Disney World Resort® in Orlando, FL, has long been a place for the “young and young at heart”—but it shares more with geriatrics than you might...

Home to the American Geriatrics...

04/09/2018

Annals of Long-Term Care

Editor's Page

Preventative and Timely Care for Common Geriatric Conditions

04/09/2018

Gregg Warshaw, MD; Medical Editor

Gregg Warshaw, MD; Medical Editor ...

The articles in this issue of ALTC discuss the management and potential prevention (or at least early recognition) of dementia and herpes zoster—prevalent geriatric conditions often seen in long-term care settings.

The articles in this issue of...

04/09/2018

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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editors

04/09/2018

Read recent letters written to the editors of Annals of Long-Term Care.

Read recent letters written to...

04/09/2018

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