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Caring for the Ages

Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages 1-23 (September 2008)

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Outreach Could Ensure Right To Vote for More Residents: Vermont pilot program will send specially trained election workers to nursing homes this fall.
AUDREY KUBETIN
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Nursing Homes Address Sexual Diversity
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
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Dear Dr. B

Everyone Needs Advice When Guiding A Loved One Into Assisted Living
David Brechtelsbauer
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One Year to Better Physician Services

P&Ps: The Backbone of Care Delivery
Lorraine Tarnove
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Progress Notes

The Long-Term Challenges of Advanced MS: Multiple sclerosis patients, younger than most residents and yet often sicker, have special needs.
Christine Kilgore
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Guest Editorial

What Hospitals Can Learn About Pressure Ulcers From Long-Term Care Clinicians: Suddenly, these institutions must address skin care through an interdisciplinary team approach.
Jeffrey M. Levine
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The Board Room

Good Management Can Reel In Top Workers
Robin Arnicar
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Sadly, It's Hard to Measure Resident Happiness
JOANNE KALDY
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News from the Association

AMDA Readies for ‘Perfect Storm’ in CME
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Hints for Making Your Medical Director of the Year Nomination
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Long-Term Care Quality Improvement as Research
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CMS Issues Revisions to Nutrition And Sanitary Conditions F-Tags
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Save the Date for The 2009 AMDA Annual Symposium
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Don't Miss These Events
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Project Aims to Improve Care Transitions
DOUG BRUNK
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Elders Are Fit for Lung Cancer Therapy: Though studies underrepresent elders, the median age of non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis is older than 70 years.
LAUREN SCOTT ZOELLER
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Old Age Doesn't Compromise Upper-GI Cancer Survival
LAUREN SCOTT ZOELLER
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Hospitalists Are Joining LTC Research Team
JOANNE KALDY
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Leadership

Leading Complex Health Care Delivery Systems
Diane L. Dixon
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Older Age Predicts Death After Upper GI Bleeding
HEIDI SPLETE
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Diaphragm-Stimulating Device Offers Relief From Ventilator
ELIZABETH MECHCATIE
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Journal Highlights

From the September Issue of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
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Caring for Consumers: Hope, Help for People With Advanced Dementia
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Acute Care Consumes Most End-of-Life Costs
MARY JO M. DALES
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Geriatric Fellowships Face Challenges
JOANNE KALDY
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Methotrexate Effective for Geriatric Rash
NANCY WALSH
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Long-Term Drug Update
Laurie Forrester
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