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October 10, 2024

From Awkward to Engaging: Toolkit Promotes Productive Conversations

Advance care planning is an essential part of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). However, conversations with patients and family members about a serious illness, palliative care, and hospice can be stressful, challenging, and awkward. The Serious Illness Messaging Toolkit was created to ease the stress...

Caring for the Ages

September 28, 2017

From Bad Nights to Sweet Dreams

Caring for the Ages

June 2, 2026

From Bedside Observation to Guidance

A routine inquiry in 2022 from a nurse practitioner, Jonathan Wilson, led to my first encounter with a urine test report utilizing polymerase-chain reaction (PCR) instead of urine culture. PCR was familiar to me as a test for identifying respiratory viruses, but not for urinary tract infections (UTI). Ra...

Caring for the Ages

May 26, 2022

From Awkward to Engaging: Toolkit Promotes Productive Conversations

From Bad Nights to Sweet Dreams

From Bedside Observation to Guidance

From Bingo to Certified Medical Director: How the Futures Program Helped Solidify My Journey

From Blue to Black: Is It Holiday Blues or Clinical Depression?

From Cheers to Complications: Is It Okay for Older People to Have a Drink?

From Data to Dialogue: Empowering Community Diagnosis and Relevance for Brunei

From Detection to Prevention and Beyond: The Future of Sensor Technology in Senior Living

From Evidence to Action: Promoting a Multidimensional Approach to Mild Cognitive Impairment

From Inactive to Active Too Fast: Go Slow to Avoid a Fall

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