August 2024 Medical Director Report
CDPHE Citations Virus and Vaccine Update: Influenza Vaccines – RSV Vaccine Update – Avian Influenza H5N1 – New pnemococcal Vaccine – Capvaxive (PCV-21) is a new vaccine that might be…
Enhanced Barrier Precautions
Please Read: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes | HAI | CDC CDPHE surveyors are looking at EBP and how they are being implemented, QSO-24-08-NH.…
Legal Marijuana Leads to More Hospital Trips for Older Adults | MedPage Today
https://www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/generalgeriatrics/110234?xid=nl_mpt_Geriatrics_update_2024-05-23&mh=0273f5deeb1fd5b07811e2851a7f4c3d?xid%3Dnl_mpt_Geriatrics_update_2024-05-23&mh=0273f5deeb1fd5b07811e2851a7f4c3d&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Automated%20Specialty%20Update%20Geriatrics%202024-05-23&utm_term=NL_Spec_Geriatrics_Update_Active
June 2024 Medical Director Report
The Use of Visceral Proteins as Nutrition Markers: An ASPEN Position Paper – PubMed (nih.gov) “These proteins correlate well with patients’ risk for adverse outcomes rather than with protein-energy malnutrition.…
New Help for Dealing With Aggression in People With Dementia – KFF Health News
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/dementia-aggression-caregiver-resources-help/view/republish/ New Help for Dealing With Aggression in People With Dementia Judith Graham May 28, 2024 Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or…
Do you really know a UTI when you see it?
https://www.mdedge.com/infectiousdisease/article/269273/antimicrobial-resistant-infections/do-you-really-know-uti-when-you?ecd=WNL_EVE_240524_mdedge
Antipsychotics for Dementia Tied to More Serious Harms Than Expected | Psychiatry and Behavioral Health | JAMA | JAMA Network
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2819081?guestAccessKey=337fb0e5-e643-4282-8b4d-ffcfdb130389&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=051724&adv=000375050421
Multiple adverse outcomes associated with antipsychotic use in people with dementia: population based matched cohort study | The BMJ
BMJ 2024; 385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076268 (Published 17 April 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;385:e076268 Conclusions Antipsychotic use compared with non-use in adults with dementia was associated with increased risks of stroke,…
PRN Antihypertensives
As an example, older adult patients may be at particularly high risk for cerebral or myocardial ischemia if the blood pressure is lowered excessively and/or too rapidly. In such patients,…
May Medical Director’s Report
Ethics Committee Call The El Paso County Ethics Committee meets monthly on the first Friday of each month at noon. We meet virtually and also hold an in person meeting…