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Caring for the Ages

August 4, 2026

The Deprescribing Bottleneck Just Moved

There has never been a lack of evidence supporting deprescribing. We have known for years which medications quietly accumulate in older adults, the harm use of potentially inappropriate medications can create, and what they cost. Learn more in this article.
Caring for the Ages

August 4, 2026

How to Make New Providers Comfortable

The first year, first month, and even the first day for a new provider can be a critically defining moment for their experience in PALTC. Here are 8 tips that PALTmed's president finds helpful in welcoming new clinicians to transition and thrive in PALTC.
Caring for the Ages

August 4, 2026

Long Day’s Journey: Political Advocacy Matters

It’s not necessary to be perfect, politically savvy, or an engaging conversationalist to be a strong advocate for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) patients and professionals. Instead, it takes a desire to make a difference and a passion for quality care. It’s a long journey with many stops and a few b...
Caring for the Ages

August 4, 2026

Do You Know a DINO—A Medical Director in Name Only?

Under 42 CFR §483.70(g), a skilled nursing facility (SNF) must designate a physician to serve as medical director. That physician is assigned just two broadly stated responsibilities: implementing resident-care policies and coordinating medical care in the facility. The regulation establishes no required t...
Caring for the Ages

August 4, 2026

Excellence Award Winner Says PALTmed Has Made Him a Better Doctor

William Dodd, MD, CMD, founded our organization and served as its first president in 1978. The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine’s Excellence Award named for him—the William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service—recognizes significant contributions to building PALTmed’s...
Caring for the Ages

August 4, 2026

The Heart, Head, and Vaccine Connection

Immunosenescence, the dysregulation or remodeling of the immune system associated with aging, renders older adults more susceptible to infectious diseases. One way to compensate for this adverse age-related effect is through immunization.