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CPG Pocket Guides

3Ds: Delirium, Dementia and Depression Pocket Guide (Set of 5)

As the population ages, many adults will suffer one or more of the 3Ds: Delirium, Dementia and Depression. At times, these symptoms overlap and occur simultaneously. Recognize the difference with this pocket guide reference tool and provide proper treatment. Know what surveyors are looking for and learn th...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Acute Change of Condition CPG

In the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting a primary goal of identifying acute change of conditions (ACOC) is to enable staff to evaluate and manage a patient at the facility and avoid the transfer to a hospital or emergency room. To achieve this goal, the facility's staff and practitioners ...
Practice Management Tools

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Pocket Card (set of 5)

The Advance Care Planning (ACP) Pocket Card provides a quick reference to discussing advance care decisions with your patients. The professional is assisted in encouraging patients to consider the full range of issues informing the very personal decisions that comprise advance care planning. The ACP...
Practice Management Tools

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Series

Everything is easier with preparation — even difficult conversations. That’s why Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) assembled this comprehensive guide to discussing advance care decisions with your patients. Our just-published ACP Guide begins with a helpful series of questions ...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Altered Nutritional Status CPG

Weight has emerged as a principal screening and monitoring indicator in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) because it is easy to measure and the measurement is reasonably accurate and reproducible, noninvasive, acceptable to most patients, and relatively inexpensive to obtain. Among patients who remain ...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Anemia CPG

Anemia is common in the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting, with a prevalence ranging from 34 - 60%, increasing with each decade of life over age 70. Anemia often goes unevaluated or is inadequately evaluated in the frail elderly. Studies suggest the importance of treating anemia to improve pati...
Long Term Care Information Series

Anemia in the Long-Term Care Setting

Anemia is a common problem in the post-acute and long-term care setting (PALTC) and can be associated with increased morbidity and reduced quality of life. Anemia is associated with increased disability, decreased physical performance, decreased muscle strength, increased risk of cardiovascular events, imp...
Long Term Care Information Series

Antithrombotic Therapy in the Long-Term Care Setting

Antithrombotic therapy represents the mainstay of treatment and preventive measures in patients with atherothrombotic diseases. Both the incidence and prevalence of these diseases increase with age. Patients residing in the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting are highly susceptible to atheroembol...
Practice Management Tools

Assisted Living Facility Medical Director Agreement

The Assisted Living Facility Medical Director’s Contract template is designed to be a model agreement for Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) who are interested in contracting with a physician to provide oversight of medical services. Given the increased levels of medical complexity that is becoming more com...
Long Term Care Information Series

Atrial Fibrillation in the Long-Term Care Setting

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a serious health problem, the most common arrhythmia requiring hospital admission, and is associated with an increase in mortality. Because the prevalence of AF increases steadily with age, the number of patients in the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting who have or a...
Assisted Living Series

Caregivers Communication Guide: Protocols for Change of Condition

Small changes may go unnoticed unless the caregiver knows what to look for and what to report. This knowledge can help the primary care practitioner take better care of the older adult. Missing small changes and not reporting them may cause problems for the older adult. This guide demonstrates ways to reco...
Long Term Care Information Series

Clinical Collaboration in the Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Setting

Teamed with physicians, advanced practice nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) may enhance the nursing and medical care available to post-acute and long-term care facility patients. Driven by documented positive outcomes and favorable legislation, the presence of the APRNs and PAs continues to gro...