October Medical Director Report 2024
Dementia Education JOANNA FROM COLORADO SPRINGSSHE HAS EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’SListen to Joanna, a PAC Core Team Member who is living with dementia, share her response to a recentadvertisement for an…
Location of Impulse Control Found in Brain, May Help Parkinson’s Patients : ScienceAlert
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Ethical Considerations of Using a Feeding Tube in Dementia
The four principles of medical ethics: CASE: The patient is a 63 year old with a history of CVA, dementia (BIMS = 9)and failure to thrive. In March 2024 she…
MOST Form
What is a MOST form? It is an advanced directive? The MOST form (Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment) is a voluntary form that patients can choose to complete, usually…
Multiple adverse outcomes associated with antipsychotic use in people with dementia: population based matched cohort study | The BMJ
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Kentucky Antibiotic Stewardship Innovation Consortium
Clinical Pearts One Pagers – Clinical Pearls – KASIC (kymdro.org) LTC Treatment Guidance
Not a UTI in Nursing Home Resident
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Pyuria does not equal UTI
Presence of pyuria, in the absence of urinary tract infection symptoms, is not diagnostic of a urinary tractinfection and does not require antibiotic treatment. Absence of pyuria strongly argues against…
Don’t Lose Your Head: Altered Mental Status (AMS) and UTI
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