Caring for the Ages
April 6, 2026
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Caring for the Ages
April 6, 2026
Smoking Cessation! What Can I Do?
Endless research has been done to evaluate the factors that initiate and lead to smoking addiction. The teenage years are usually the starting point for most smokers. It begins as a cool thing when company and peer pressure persuade them to perform certain acts. Rationalization and introspection are not th...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
“Your Presence Still Matters”: Reimagining Aging Through Youthful Eyes
For many young people, nursing homes are invisible—rarely discussed and often portrayed as symbols of decline. A Gallup/West Health poll found that nearly 70% of Americans feel uncomfortable at the thought of being admitted to one. Younger generations often imagine these places as sterile, sad, or even fri...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
Nursing Home Parenteral Therapies: Clinical Guidance and Payment Considerations
The most fundamental principle in geriatric and long-term care medicine: ensure every treatment order aligns with the resident’s values and goals of care—eliciting these is a core skill for long-term care physicians. Many residents have multimorbidity, and a substantial proportion are at the end of life. E...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
From Uncertainty to Understanding: An Update on Trauma-Informed Care
In November 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the final phase of a trauma-informed care (TIC) provision for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) as part of F-tag F699, which requires facilities to provide trauma survivors with culturally competent trauma-informed care. ...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
Basking in the Glow of the Foundation’s Sponsored Research Program: Just Look at What Your Money Can Buy
Since 2022, the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has supported a research grant program awarding funding to the “best” proposals. Five stellar projects were selected between 2022 and 2025 following a rigorous process of review by a committee of experts. The Grant Committee applies hig...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
Meet Caring for the Ages’ New Editor: Barbara Zarowitz
After the decision was made to reinvent the beloved Caring for the Ages as a joint monthly online-only publication of PALTmed and the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, the search began for a new editor-in-chief. The Search Committee soon chose Barbara Zarowitz, PharmD, MSW, BCPS, BCGP,...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
Meet the 2026 Excellence Award Recipients
One of the highlights of PALTmed’s annual conference each year is the presentation of the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s four excellence awards: Medical Director of the Year, Clinician of the Year, the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education, and the William Dodd Founder’s A...
Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2026
Uncertified but Responsible: CNA Orientation Gaps Put Residents at Risk
While teaching a CNA class on death and dying, I asked my students how they explained a resident’s passing to others. One young nursing assistant raised her hand: “We are told to say the resident has gone to Montana.” I phoned the nursing director from the facility and asked if she was aware that the nurs...
Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2026
Response to the Letter to the Editor on “Advancing Coding and Education on Skin Failure”
Caring for the Ages appreciates Dr. Levine’s nuanced and well-referenced letter, which shares his perspective on the proposed new ICD-10 skin failure codes discussed in our October 2025 issue. Dr. Levine is a renowned wound care expert and raises valid points about whether rushing to get new codes adopted...
