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Caring for the Ages

Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages 1-23 (December 2009)

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Overused Antipsychotics Remain an LTC Challenge: Profession is working to reduce use of drugs.
JOANNE KALDY
pages 1-2
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Nursing Home Physicians Could Get Fee Hike
KATHLEEN M. WILSON
page 1
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Dear Dr. Jeff

Knowing When and How to Stop Treatments
Jeffrey Nichols
page 3
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FTC Delays Red Flags Rule Enforcement Until June 2010
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
page 4
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Smaller, Younger Physician Workforce Is Estimated
JANE ANDERSON
page 5
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Transitions Coaching Is Good For Patients: Health care workers can empower residents, patients, and families to be self advocates.
JOANNE KALDY
page 5
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Medical Ethics

The Ethics of Suspecting Abuse of an Elder: The victims of elder abuse and the perpetrators are usually well known to one another if not living together.
JONATHAN EVANS
page 6
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Basal Insulins Differ in Patients' MI Risks: The finding suggests that heart risk could be independent of intensity of glucose control.
ELIZABETH MECHCATIE
pages 8-9
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Novel Topical Gel Treats Overactive Bladder
PATRICE WENDLING
page 10
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Mentally Ill Eclipse Residents With Dementia
HEIDI SPLETE
page 11
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Dementia Continues to Rise Among Even the Oldest Old
MICHELE G. SULLIVAN
page 11
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MedPAC Probes High Mental Care Costs
JOYCE FRIEDEN
page 11
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Colorectal Surgery Results Decline With Age: One-year mortality was as high as 40% for patients older than 90, 27% for those 80-89 years.
DAMIAN McNAMARA
page 12
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Board Room

Documentation Improves Your Efficiency
Jeffery A. Kerr
page 13
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News from the Association

White Paper Addresses Physician Order Sheets and Verbal Orders
page 14
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Foundation Offers Caring Opportunities
page 14
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Don't Miss These Events
page 14
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Nurse as Agent Gets More Attention
page 15
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Annual Meeting Offers Credits For the Interdisciplinary Team
page 15
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Board Eases CMD Application Process
page 15
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Last Call for Nominations
page 15
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Data From 2008 Show Effect of Revised Codes for LTC
page 15
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Plan Guides Physicians to Meet Patient Needs: Specially trained nurses work with patients and physicians for best care and transitions.
SUSAN BIRK
pages 16-17
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Testosterone Benefits Men With Heart Failure: Higher blood levels correlated with oxygen consumption, strength, and insulin sensitivity.
KATE JOHNSON
page 17
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Drug Helps vs. Heart Failure, Renal Disease: Patients at least 70 years old with kidney dysfunction still benefited from beta blocker.
BRUCE JANCIN
page 18
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Electric Stimulation Improves Dysphagia: Stimulation at back of throat improved swallowing, gastric stimulation may have cut deaths.
PATRICE WENDLING
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Guest Editorial

The Potential Pitfalls of Advance Care Forms
Stanley A. Terman
page 20
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Technology Found Unlikely to Reduce Costs: Advocates of single-payer system, authors say that only then will HIT save health care costs.
GREGORY TWACHTMAN
page 21
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Experts Say It Could Be Too Early to Go Electronic
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
page 21
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Caring for Consumers

The Truth About Pyschotropic Drugs
page 22
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New Security Regs Could Short Circuit EHRs: Potential for violation of the HITECH law could be exacerbated by information technology.
ERIK L. GOLDMAN
pages 22-23
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