COVID Vaccine Hesitancy in Frontline Nursing Home Staff
COVID has taken a devastated toll in nursing homes. Despite representing fewer than 5% of the total US events, at least…
June Lunney famously characterized the end of life functional course of people with dementia as a slow dwindle over time…
COVID has taken a devastated toll in nursing homes. Despite representing fewer than 5% of the total US events, at least…
Hospice may not be a great match for all of the care needs of people with dementia, but it sure…
The COVID pandemic brought to light many things, including how society views older adults. Louise Aronson wrote a piece in…
So what exactly does a hospice medical director do? Why do some choose to become hospice physicians? What additional training…
Where are we with Alzheimers? Are we about to see a revolution in how we diagnose and treat it with Amyloid…
Nursing home residents have been devastated by COVID. Somewhere around 40% of deaths from COVID have been among nursing home residents,…
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults have lived through a lifetime of discrimination, social stigma, prejudice, and marginalization. Is…
On the one hand, every year we are fortunate to have new medications that help older adults and people living…
Most of us know we are going to die. How often though do we actually let ourselves really internalize that…
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few” – Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki…