Volume 27, Issue 4, April 2019
Column
LTC GPS
04/15/2019
Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD—Column Editor
Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, A...
In April 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release an update to both the Nursing Home Compare tool and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.1,2 The Nursing Home Compare website and Five-Star Quality Rating System...
In April 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release an update to both the Nursing Home Compare tool and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.1,2 The Nursing Home Compare website and Five-Star Quality Rating System...
In April 2019, the Centers for...
04/15/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
Diving Into Dementia
04/15/2019
Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA-C, PhD—Column Editor
Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA-C, PhD—Column ...
If you had a genetic predisposition or mutation that would lead to Alzheimer disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or Lewy body dementia (LBD), would you want to know? If there was a test that could show that you were developing...
If you had a genetic predisposition or mutation that would lead to Alzheimer disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or Lewy body dementia (LBD), would you want to know? If there was a test that could show that you were developing...
If you had a genetic...
04/15/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
ECRI Strategies
04/15/2019
Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM—Column Editor
Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPA...
ECRI Institute and Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging (ALTC) have joined in collaboration to bring ALTC readers periodic articles on topics in risk management, quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI), and safety...
ECRI Institute and Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging (ALTC) have joined in collaboration to bring ALTC readers periodic articles on topics in risk management, quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI), and safety...
ECRI Institute and Annals of...
04/15/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
AGS Viewpoint
04/15/2019
American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
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That same spirit now will shape care for future generations, as more than 2500 of the world’s leading long-term care experts converge in Portland, Oregon, May 2-4, for the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting...
That same spirit now will shape care for future generations, as more than 2500 of the world’s leading long-term care experts converge in Portland, Oregon, May 2-4, for the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting...
That same spirit now will shape...
04/15/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
Editor's Page
04/15/2019
Gregg Warshaw, MD, Medical Director
Gregg Warshaw, MD, Medical Director
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Articles in this issue focus on the importance of integrating patient preferences into care. This issues also includes an article on diagnosing mechanical back pain more effectively by obtaining a detailed medical history from the patient.
Articles in this issue focus on the importance of integrating patient preferences into care. This issues also includes an article on diagnosing mechanical back pain more effectively by obtaining a detailed medical history from the patient.
Articles in this issue focus on...
04/15/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
Feature
Review
03/18/2019
Bahram Badri, MD1 • Nader Tavakoli, MD, CMD, FAAFP2 • Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD3 • Heather L Langley, PT, DPT, BS, BCTMB, LMT4 • Keith Foster, PhD2
Bahram Badri, MD1 • Nader Tavakoli, M...
The focus of this article is on diagnosis and categorization of the mechanical causes of back pain.
The focus of this article is on diagnosis and categorization of the mechanical causes of back pain.
The focus of this article is on...
03/18/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
Practical Research
02/25/2019
Allison R Heid, PhD 1• Eleanor Brnich, BS 2• Karen Eshraghi, MSW 2• Katherine M Abbott, PhD 3
Kimberly Van Haitsma, PhD 2,4
Allison R Heid, PhD 1• Eleanor Brnich...
This study sought to understand the consistency of ratings over a 3-day test-retest period for how satisfied long-term care recipients were with the fulfillment of important everyday preferences.
This study sought to understand the consistency of ratings over a 3-day test-retest period for how satisfied long-term care recipients were with the fulfillment of important everyday preferences.
This study sought to understand...
02/25/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
