Food is love, or The fundamentals of Long Term Care
Although I usually think with my stomach, I have been particularly preoccupied with how we feed our most vulnerable elders…
Although I usually think with my stomach, I have been particularly preoccupied with how we feed our most vulnerable elders…
Ms. HR is an 84 year-old lady with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease (Mini Mental State Exam score of 22)…
Time to gather your peers and join fellow readers of Pallimed and GeriPal for our annual party at the Annual…
By Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD and Sarah Stranberg, Speech Pathologist, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Consider the following vignettes, common in…
There are a lot of people with swallowing difficulty who are currently getting thickened liquids. For instance, in one study…
Our hospice and palliative care team decided this weekend to do the “Thickened Liquid Challenge.” This is a simple challenge…
by: Diane Stonecipher, RN As a young nurse, some 30 years ago, I worked in a large academic medical center,…
There’s a lot of interest in using technology to improve the lives of seniors, especially here in the Bay Area.…
by Leanne M. Yanni, MD It’s a name. It comes across in our Electronic Health Record as a consult is…
By: Kim Evanoski (@CareManage4All) So I am waking up in the dark and, at the end of the day, driving…