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Caring for the Ages

Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages 1-23 (August 2009)

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Award-Winning Facility Cultivates Palliative Care: Nursing home strives to offer services ‘above and beyond routine.’
JOANNE KALDY
pages 1-2
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Study Validates CMD Value to Facilities
pages 1-5
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FDA Allows First IV Ibuprofen
Elizabeth Mechcatie
page 2
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Medicare Reports on Providers, for Feedback: Sending cost data is intended to motivate ‘desirable behavioral change’ in physicians.
DENISE NAPOLI
page 6
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Dear Dr. Jeff

Privacy and Dignity Matter at Any Age: Resident dignity is, in the end, defined by the resident. And to many, privacy equals dignity.
Jeffrey Nichols
page 7
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Public Policy

Reform Could Include LTC Changes After All
Susan M. Pettey
page 8
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Guest Editorial

An Open Letter to President Obama
Jerald Winakur
page 9
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Indwelling Devices Carry Bacterial Risk: Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria with antibiotics is ‘not clinically beneficial’ in LTC.
PATRICE WENDLING
page 10
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Air by Cannula Passes End-of-Life Test
PATRICE WENDLING, Karl Steinberg
page 11
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Keeping Tabs on New Palliative Care Meds
PATRICE WENDLING
page 11
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Higher Vitamin D Guideline Expected Soon
ERIK L. GOLDMAN, Karl Steinberg
pages 12-13
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News from the Association

AMDA Supports Medical Liability Reform
page 14
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Evidence-Based Clinical Course Is Specific to Long-Term Care
page 14
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AMDA Journal Makes an Impact
page 14
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Don't Miss These Events
page 15
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AMDA at the World Congress Of Gerontology and Geriatrics
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AMDA Chapters Work With QIOs on Transitions
page 15
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Listen In on the Experts By Radio and Podcast
page 15
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Alzheimer's Video Is Worth 1,000 Words in Care Planning
PATRICE WENDLING
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Medical Ethics

What Part of ‘Do Not’ Don't We Understand?
Jonathan Evans
page 17
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For HIT, Medicaid Outpays Medicare
JOYCE FRIEDEN
page 18
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Legal Issues

The Heat's on Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
Janet K. Feldkamp
page 19
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Fee Schedule Could Boost LTC Practice
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
pages 20-21
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Caring for Consumers

Rover Has a Role in Quality of Life for Residents
page 20
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Experts Aim for Mental-Status Vital Sign
Heidi Splete
page 21
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Management of Hospice Patients in LTC
pages 22-23
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Macular Degeneration Will Rise Steeply
Mary Ann Moon
page 23
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