Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015
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JAMDA
December 17, 2014
The Vegetative State: Prevalence, Misdiagnosis, and Treatment Limitations
Patients in a vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) open their eyes spontaneously, but show only reflexive behavior. Although VS/UWS is one of the worst possible outcomes of acquired brain injury, its prevalence is largely unknown. This study's objective was to map the total popu...
JAMDA
April 30, 2024
The Virginia Long-Term Care Clinician Network (VA LTC-CN)
Caring for the Ages
October 20, 2016
The Virtuous Cycle Is Broken
Caring for the Ages
November 29, 2017
The War on Opioids: An Ethical Perspective
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015
The White House Conference on Aging: 20 Years Ago
JAMDA
October 26, 2020
The Winter Respiratory Viral Season During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The winter respiratory virus season always poses challenges for long-term care settings; this winter, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 will compound the usual viral infection challenges. This special article discusses unique considerations that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) brings to t...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2023
The Wound Provider Checklist — A Guide to Assist in Quality PALTC Wound Care
Caring for the Ages
November 26, 2019
The Year in Review: And What a Year it Was
Long Term Care Information Series
The Younger Adult in the Long-Term Care Setting
Long-term care (LTC) is no longer synonymous with "geriatric care." In the past 10 years, adults ages 31 to 64 have been the fastest growing population in nursing homes. The last national nursing home survey sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2008 estimated that ...
