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Cloudy Urine, Pyuria, and UTI: A Long-Term Care Reference Overprescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: a case series review of admissions in two UK hospitals – PMC July 2026 Medical Director Report The face of illusory truth: Repetition of information elicits affective facial reactions predicting judgments of truth – PMC Assessment of older adults with diminished capacity; handout for psychologist
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Cloudy Urine, Pyuria, and UTI: A Long-Term Care Reference

August 6, 2026 dashephe

Download PDF: Cloudy Urine, Pyuria, and UTI: A LTC Reference Cloudy Urine, Pyuria, and UTI: A Long-Term Care Reference Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nursing staff, and hospice staff…

EThics Psychiatry

Assessment of older adults with diminished capacity; handout for psychologist

June 11, 2026 dashephe

published by theAmerican bar Associationand the American psychiatric Association

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Emperic Antibiotic Prescribing in LTC

May 6, 2026 dashephe

Presentation by Nori Rickaby PharmD and Jennifer Connelly PharmD. 5-5-26 - PALTmed-Colorado (CMDA) - Matching the Drug to the Bug: Empiric Antibiotic Prescribing in Long-Term Care LTC Antibiotic Presentation V3-5-5-26Download

Dementia valproic acid

Valproic Acid for Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD) – Not Really

April 20, 2026 dashephe

I really could not find any evidence base that supports utilizing valproic acid for dementia related behaviors. Most resources also believe that the risk outweighs the benefits and the consensus…

QAPI

Telligen Midwest QIN-QIO

March 11, 2026 dashephe

QIO Partner Letter (1) (1)Download Midwest QIO Nursing Home Support and ServicesDownload Midwest CMS QIN-QIO Cybersecurity Flyer Jan. 2026Download

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March 2026 – Medical Director Report

March 5, 2026 dashephe

.. PALTmed Colorado (CMDA) 31st Annual Conference April 24, 2026 More information available here. Registration Page Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Survey updates COVID / Influenza / RSV update Pneumonia…

Pain

Gabapentin for Pain:

March 5, 2026 dashephe

Things We Do for No Reason: Prescribing gabapentinoids for pain Journal of Hospital Medicine: Things We Do for No Reason- Full Article What are gabapentinoids? The evidence against routine use:…

Med Director Report

February Medical Director Report

January 16, 2026 dashephe

Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Falls: Special Focus for Surveyors Regulatory Updates Vaccination Documentation COVID/Influenza/RSV Tapering Antidepressants: What Strategy Works Best? For adults with remitted depression, gradual tapering of antidepressant…

Med Director Report

January 2026 Medical Director Report

January 5, 2026 dashephe

Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Physician Visits Regulations Facility Assessment COVID & Influenza Pharmacy Long-Term Care Pharmacy Crisis Could Affect 80% of Nursing Home Residents – Skilled Nursing News An…

COPD Internal Med

2025 GOLD Report – Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease – GOLD

July 19, 2025 dashephe

2025 GOLD Guidelines can be foud here — > https://goldcopd.org/2025-gold-report/ Oral Steroids is no longer recommended from long term chronic treatment of COPD. GOLD-2025-Report-v1.0-15Nov2024_WMV.pdf Evidence suggesting that oral corticosteroids increase…

heart failure Internal Med

AHA/ACC 2022 HF Guidelines

March 7, 2025 dashephe

2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Heart Failure Guideline: Key Perspectives – American College of Cardiology HFpEF LVEF > 50% HFrEF LVEF <40% Drugs: #458 Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction – The Curbsiders…

Education Internal Med

Restless Legs Syndrome: New guideline provides treatment recommendations for RLS

December 6, 2024 dashephe

Evaluate for and treat underlying conditions that can exacerbate RLS • Iron Deficiency • OSA, PLMS • CKD, ESRD • Alcohol, caffeine, antihistaminergic, serotonergic, antidopaminergic medications • Diabetes, COPD •…

Dementia Psychiatry

Multiple adverse outcomes associated with antipsychotic use in people with dementia: population based matched cohort study | The BMJ

September 20, 2024 dashephe

https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-076268

Abx Stewardship UTI

Don’t Lose Your Head: Altered Mental Status (AMS) and UTI

September 19, 2024 dashephe

Clinical-Pearl-Altered-Mental-Status-and-UTIDownload

Education

Fifteen Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: 

April 11, 2024 dashephe

Choosing Wisely | AMDA (paltc.org)

CDPHE Infxn Control RSV

RSV Outbreak Plan

December 21, 2023 dashephe

RSV-outbreak-planDownload

Dementia Education Uncategorized

Alzheimer’s Hope – Making Life Better TODAY

October 31, 2023 dashephe

Meet all dementia patients where THEY are. https://www.alzheimershope.com/10absolutes/six.php

Abx Stewardship UTI

Lecture: UTI or ASB?

August 30, 2023 dashephe

Washington State Dept of Health Antimicrobial Stewardship of UTI in the LTC Setting. UTI lecture #1 Slides Washington State Dept of Health Debunking the Myths Associated with UTI Lecture Video…

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Overprescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: a case series review of admissions in two UK hospitals – PMC

August 6, 2026 dashephe

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6498584/ Urine dipsticks may lead to overprescribing of antibiotics.

Med Director Report

July 2026 Medical Director Report

July 13, 2026 dashephe

Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Antibiotic Stewardship There has been increased scrutiny from survey teams about antibiotic stewardship. I think that at last one tag has been issued related to…

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The face of illusory truth: Repetition of information elicits affective facial reactions predicting judgments of truth – PMC

June 14, 2026 dashephe

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12130120/ Abstract People tend to judge repeated information as more likely true compared with new information. A key explanation for this phenomenon, called the illusory truth effect, is that repeated…

Med Director Report

June 2026 Medical Director Report

June 10, 2026 dashephe

Pikes Peak Ethics Committee Meeting Transition Program Nursing Facility Diversion Projects | Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Medicaid Transition to Community Request Form Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Social…

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Reduced risk of dementia with recombinant zoster vaccine in US adults age 65 or older – dos Reis – 2026 – Alzheimer’s & Dementia – Wiley Online Library

May 6, 2026 dashephe

https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.71407

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If It’s COVID, Paxlovid? Studies Suggest a Rethink These Days | MedPage Today

April 23, 2026 dashephe

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/120915

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