The newest of the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine’s Excellence Awards, Clinician of the Year, was created to recognize interdisciplinary team members in PALTC settings. Specifically, it honors a licensed health-care practitioner who embodies excellence in treating and caring f...
Paratonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle stiffening that affects nearly all individuals with advanced dementia, yet it remains poorly recognized in routine clinical practice. Often misinterpreted as intentional resistance to care, untreated paratonia may progress to muscle contr...
Paratonia, a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle resistance, affects nearly all people with advanced dementia and contributes to caregiver burden, hygiene complications, pressure injuries, and pain. With Alzheimer's disease and related dementias affecting 7.2 million Americans and pr...