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JAMDA

December 29, 2020

Mouth Care in Assisted Living: Potential Areas for Improvement

Poor oral care may lead to systemic disease, and there is evidence that assisted living (AL) residents lack quality oral care; in AL, poor care may be due to staff knowledge and attitudes, as well as organizational barriers to providing care.
Policy Snapshot

July 21, 2023

Moving Forward Coalition Releases Nine Action Plans for Nursing Homes

Last week, the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition released its nine action plans for nursing homes. Each action plan describes a particular challenge facing nursing homes today, explains why it is important to residents’ quality of life, defines focused goals to address those challenges, and pro...
PALTmed In The News

February 14, 2024

Moving the needle in nursing home vaccination rates

On February 29, 2020, the first Coronavirus nursing home outbreak was reported by the media. Experts in geriatric and long-term care medicine immediately understood the dangers to nursing home residents. As the pandemic progressed, we lost many residents in our communities. It became eminently clear that o...