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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)

Pressure Ulcers & Other Wounds CPG

Newly updated, the Pressure Ulcers and Other Wounds CPG now includes information regarding arterial and venous ulcers, in addition to pressure ulcers, as well as the new NPUAP staging terminology. Pressure ulcers and other wounds remain a major cause of mortality and morbidity in PALTC, affecting an est...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Health Maintenance CPG

Health maintenance in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings incorporates systemic, proactive approaches that promote patients’ physical, emotional, psychological, cognitive, and functional integrity. Early detection and prevention of illness may reduce morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Stan...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Dementia CPG

Dementia, a disorder characterized by progressive decline in multiple areas of cognitive function, causes a range of cognitive, mood, behavioral, and functional impairments. Optimal management of dementia involves the entire interdisciplinary team, with practitioners playing an important leadership role. T...
Practice Management Tools

Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates

Designed to assist physicians through the complicated process of completing a death certificate, the guidelines include information on understanding the legal definition of death; the roles held by physicians, coroners, medical examiners, and non-physician practitioners during the process of pronouncing an...
Assisted Living Series

Medication Management Part II: For Caregivers

This guide will help caregivers learn skills and steps that can be used to better manage residents' medications. Caregivers will be able to talk about medications with their residents, family members, and primary care practioners. Learning how to manage medications can
CPG Implementation Series

Pain Management CPG, Implementation Manual, PM Pocket Guide

This implementation manual delineates a systematic, well-planned implementation process for implementing the Pain Management Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG). It is designed to assist physicians, nurses and advanced practitioners to support evidence-based clinical and management decision-making. It is int...
Transition of Care Management

Know-It-All™ When You’re Called Diagnosing System

A one-of-a-kind, 200-plus page guide on change of conditions for attending practitioners. Content is organized alphabetically by condition and includes the specific data they should be receiving from the nurse, suggested geriatric diagnoses related to the information given, what the follow-up should be for...
Long Term Care Information Series

Constipation and Diarrhea in the Long-Term Care Setting

Constipation and diarrhea are common problems in the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting. Up to 80% of patients are affected. Chronic constipation has been shown to affect both overall psychological well being and quality of life. Diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in this popul...
Long Term Care Information Series

Seizures in the Long-Term Care Setting

The Seizures in the Long-Term Care Setting manual is intended to help the interdisciplinary team in the post-acute and long-term care facility to: - Become aware of the prevalence of seizures in the PALTC population - Identify the signs and symptoms of a seizure in an elderly PALTC patient - Determine...