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Opening a Long-Term Care Pharmacy Mid-Pandemic
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12/22/2020
Long-term care pharmacies have not only been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they're also finding ways to thrive. Liberty Drug in Murray, Utah, is just one example. Owner Jenna Merchant shares how the store opened amid the...
Long-term care pharmacies have not only been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they're also finding ways to thrive. Liberty Drug in Murray, Utah, is just one example. Owner Jenna Merchant shares how the store opened amid the...
Long-term care pharmacies have...
12/22/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care
Higher Health Care Resource Use, Costs Associated With Falls Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries on Commonly Used Insomnia Medications in the United States
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12/17/2020
Feride Frech, PhD, MPH, Senior Director, US HEOR & RWE, and Timothy Juday, Director, US HEOR & RWE, both at Eisai Inc, discuss their recent study that examined the link between health care resource use with fall risks among older adults...
Feride Frech, PhD, MPH, Senior Director, US HEOR & RWE, and Timothy Juday, Director, US HEOR & RWE, both at Eisai Inc, discuss their recent study that examined the link between health care resource use with fall risks among older adults...
Feride Frech, PhD, MPH, Senior...
12/17/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care

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A Look Inside: 60 Minutes Reveals Early Struggles a LTC Facility Faced in the Wake of COVID-19
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11/05/2020
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD, recalls a recent news broadcast that shed light on the early struggles a long-term care facility faced at the beginning of COVID-19 and asserts the need for an effective public health response.
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD, recalls a recent news broadcast that shed light on the early struggles a long-term care facility faced at the beginning of COVID-19 and asserts the need for an effective public health response.
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD, recalls...
11/05/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care
Clinical Value of Pharmacogenomics Is Undeniable for OAs in LTC
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10/28/2020
Joel Diamond, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer, 2bPrecise, explains why it is in the best interest of long-term care leaders to work with hospital partners, pharmacy benefits managers, and referring providers to incorporate pharmacogenomics...
Joel Diamond, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer, 2bPrecise, explains why it is in the best interest of long-term care leaders to work with hospital partners, pharmacy benefits managers, and referring providers to incorporate pharmacogenomics...
Joel Diamond, MD, FAAFP, chief...
10/28/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care
OSHA Protections—or Lack Thereof—for Nursing Home Staff
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10/27/2020
According to Ilene, Warner-Maron, PhD, OSHA has received an excess of ten thousand complaints related to unsafe working conditions involving COVID-19, and as a result, the agency has issued only two citations.
According to Ilene, Warner-Maron, PhD, OSHA has received an excess of ten thousand complaints related to unsafe working conditions involving COVID-19, and as a result, the agency has issued only two citations.
According to Ilene,...
10/27/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care

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Responding to a Call to Abolish Nursing Homes
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10/14/2020
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD, discusses why numerous voices outside of the industry have used current health care circumstances to raise the question as to whether or not our society needs to have any long-term care facilities.
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD, discusses why numerous voices outside of the industry have used current health care circumstances to raise the question as to whether or not our society needs to have any long-term care facilities.
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD,...
10/14/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care
The Long-Term Care Workplace: Why Natural Care Should Be an Employee Benefit
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10/08/2020
“As LTC facilities look to maintain the occupational health and safety of the workplace, they frequently offer affordable and complete medical benefits packages, but oftentimes fall short of providing real-time proactive assistance,” says Dr...
“As LTC facilities look to maintain the occupational health and safety of the workplace, they frequently offer affordable and complete medical benefits packages, but oftentimes fall short of providing real-time proactive assistance,” says Dr...
“As LTC facilities look to...
10/08/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care
Reducing COVID Deaths in Assisted Living Residences and Nursing Homes
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10/01/2020
Allan S Vann, EdD, provides four recommendations that he believes will help assisted living residences and nursing homes reduce COVID-related deaths.
Allan S Vann, EdD, provides four recommendations that he believes will help assisted living residences and nursing homes reduce COVID-related deaths.
Allan S Vann, EdD, provides four...
10/01/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care

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COVID-19 and the New Death
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09/16/2020
“We may have become numb by the sheer number of deaths among the elderly,” expressed Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD. “There may have been people who covertly or overtly felt that deaths among this population were not surprising, significant or...
“We may have become numb by the sheer number of deaths among the elderly,” expressed Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD. “There may have been people who covertly or overtly felt that deaths among this population were not surprising, significant or...
“We may have become numb by the...
09/16/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care
Where Will We Find Nurses?
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09/02/2020
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD, discusses the rapid and sustained movement in the nursing workforce from an RN to NP majority, highlighting how this will impact the health delivery system from hospitals to ambulatory care settings.
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD, discusses the rapid and sustained movement in the nursing workforce from an RN to NP majority, highlighting how this will impact the health delivery system from hospitals to ambulatory care settings.
Ilene Warner-Maron, PhD,...
09/02/2020
Annals of Long-Term Care