Rebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD

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You Let Them Do What??!! Decision-Making Capacity and the Exercise of Patient Autonomy in LTC
10/18/2010
In long-term care, there is a dynamic balance between patient autonomy and rights and the duty to protect those under our care (facility-directed beneficence). 
In long-term care, there is a dynamic balance between patient autonomy and rights and the duty to protect those under our care (facility-directed beneficence). 
In long-term care, there is a...
10/18/2010
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Difficult Resident or Personality Disorder? A Long-Term Care Perspective
11/14/2012
Most healthcare providers have used the term difficult patient and are convinced they know what it means, yet it is a term that defies exact definition.
Most healthcare providers have used the term difficult patient and are convinced they know what it means, yet it is a term that defies exact definition.
Most healthcare providers have...
11/14/2012
Annals of Long-Term Care
Perspectives
So You Want to be a Medical Director?
06/27/2011
A nursing home is a highly regulated environment, with rules guiding every drug prescribed and every policy decision made.
A nursing home is a highly regulated environment, with rules guiding every drug prescribed and every policy decision made.
A nursing home is a highly...
06/27/2011
Annals of Long-Term Care
Practical Research
Aqua WOW: Creating Healthy Choices at Medication Pass Times
07/22/2011
In long-term care facilities, oral medications are often given with fruit juices. 
In long-term care facilities, oral medications are often given with fruit juices. 
In long-term care facilities,...
07/22/2011
Annals of Long-Term Care
Practical Research
Identifying and Managing Long-Term Care Residents With Criminal or Correctional Histories: Preliminary Analysis of One Facility’s Experience
06/13/2014
Increasingly, individuals with criminal or correctional histories are aging or becoming impaired, requiring long-term care (LTC) services.
Increasingly, individuals with criminal or correctional histories are aging or becoming impaired, requiring long-term care (LTC) services.
Increasingly, individuals with...
06/13/2014
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Lessons Learned in the Care of Persons with Late-Stage Huntington’s Disease
08/14/2009
Facilities that wish to care for patients with HD need to be committed to thinking differently about their clinical management and effect on other patients.
Facilities that wish to care for patients with HD need to be committed to thinking differently about their clinical management and effect on other patients.
Facilities that wish to care for...
08/14/2009
Annals of Long-Term Care
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Making the Successful Transition from Physician to Medical Director
12/16/2009
What brings physicians to choose to accept a position as a medical director in long-term care? 
What brings physicians to choose to accept a position as a medical director in long-term care? 
What brings physicians to choose...
12/16/2009
Annals of Long-Term Care

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