Yearly Archives: 2016

Depression is the No. 1 Under-Treated Illness in the Geriatric Population

According to the American Geriatrics Society 40% of nursing home residents are affected by depression, yet depression often goes undiagnosed […]
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The Importance of Family Advocacy

This past week I met with a distraught mother and father at a long term acute care facility in San […]
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Getting Maintenance Therapy Covered by Medicare

In 2014 in the landmark case of Jimmo v. Sebilius, the practice of denying Medicare coverage for skilled care solely […]
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Care Management Insight: Challenging Hospital Discharge Decisions

It is important to educate yourself about skilled nursing facility (aka “nursing home”) discharges before you receive the notice that […]
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Care Management Insight: Assisted Living

As a Geriatric Care Manager, I have been involved in placing elders in long term care facilities over the years. […]
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New Centers for Disease Control’s Guidelines for Opioid Use in Chronic Pain

According to the CDC, from 1999 to 2014 opioid prescriptions have quadrupled and over 165,000 people have died from prescription […]
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