Objectives. To test the effect of facility characteristics on the probability of hospitalization of
nursing home residents, controlling for resident characteristics and the competing risk of …

" The updated Third Edition of Geriatrics and the Law by the leading scholar in law and old
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Objective To present an overview of the special challenges of providing medical care for
nursing home residents. Design After researching the current medical literature, we …

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In 1974, to address identified quality of care problems, Medicare promulgated the regulation
requiring a physician to serve as medical director for skilled care facilities (American Medical …

hughes c., lapane k. & kerse n.(2011) Prescribing for older people in nursing homes:
challenges for the future. International Journal of Older People Nursing6, 63–70 doi …

The purpose of this article is to help physicians who care for nursing facility residents
understand their role as care providers in the nursing facility setting and to provide …

OBJECTIVE To develop a national role description for medical directors in long-term care
(LTC) based on role functions drawn from the literature and the LTC industry. DESIGN A …

Exploring prevalent long term care issues from every angle, this book discusses public
perception, possible system failure, and the tensions between application of the social …

The majority of community-based nursing facilities in the United States have part-time
medical directors whose basic training is either in primary care, internal medicine, or family …