Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2019
Column
ECRI Strategies
08/12/2019
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...
08/12/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
LTC GPS
08/12/2019
Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD—Column Editor
Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, A...
Historically, all that long-term care (LTC) providers needed to know about coding was the current procedural terminology (CPT®) code that covered the intensiveness of the service they provided their patients. CPT, developed by the American...
Historically, all that long-term care (LTC) providers needed to know about coding was the current procedural terminology (CPT®) code that covered the intensiveness of the service they provided their patients. CPT, developed by the American...
Historically, all that long-term...
08/12/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
AGS Viewpoint
08/12/2019
American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
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The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) again pledged enthusiastic support for the Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act of 2019 (HR 2781).
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) again pledged enthusiastic support for the Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act of 2019 (HR 2781).
The American Geriatrics Society...
08/12/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
Editor's Page
08/12/2019
Gregg Warshaw, MD, Medical Editor
Gregg Warshaw, MD, Medical Editor
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The articles in this issue address clinical and regulatory updates and add to the literature regarding health outcomes of older adults living in assisted-living facilities (ALFs).
The articles in this issue address clinical and regulatory updates and add to the literature regarding health outcomes of older adults living in assisted-living facilities (ALFs).
The articles in this issue...
08/12/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
Feature
Review
07/03/2019
Malcolm Fraser, MD 1 • Richard Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD 2 • Jacqueline Vance, RNC, BSN, CDONA/LTC, FACDONA, IP-BC, ASCOM, CDP, LBBP, DPN 3 • Carla McSpadden, RPh, CGP 4 • Taylor Bradshaw, PharmD, BCACP 4
Malcolm Fraser, MD 1 • Richard Stefan...
This review provides regulatory and clinical updates on the management of chronic constipation in post-acute care facilities (long-term care and assisted living facilities), including bowel-specific updates from the Final Rule on the...
This review provides regulatory and clinical updates on the management of chronic constipation in post-acute care facilities (long-term care and assisted living facilities), including bowel-specific updates from the Final Rule on the...
This review provides regulatory...
07/03/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care
Practical Research
05/28/2019
Maired M Bartley, MD, MB, BCh
Stephanie M Quigg
Anupam Chandra, MD
Paul Y Takahashi, MD
We aimed to compare health outcomes of assisted living facility residents with those of age- and sex-matched community-dwelling adults in a retrospective cohort study of 808 older adults.
We aimed to compare health outcomes of assisted living facility residents with those of age- and sex-matched community-dwelling adults in a retrospective cohort study of 808 older adults.
We aimed to compare health...
05/28/2019
Annals of Long-Term Care