Selected Articles from Caring for the Ages,
September 2002; Vol. 3, No. 9

For full text of each article, click on its title.

A Hard Look at CMS' Responsiveness
Has CMS' "culture of responsiveness" turned out to be an empty promise or a genuine improvement in government-health industry relations?

Ombudsmen a Plus for Quality Care
Ombudsmen are primarily known as investigators of complaints of abuse and neglect, but providers should not view them as adversaries.

Are Hospitalists Helpful to LTC Patients?
Hospitalists manage inpatient care during the hospital stay and focus on finding ways to reduce length of stay and otherwise enhance hospital efficiency. But are the frail elderly in long-term care getting short shrift?

Biomedical Ethics & Pharmacy Issues in Long-Term Care Facilities
Economic forces aimed at reducing overall long-term care costs have contributed to change the role of consultant pharmacists in ways that could undermine their effectiveness and credibility.

Changing Perspectives on LTC Nutrition & Hydration
Some approaches to nutrition and hydration help patients and should be used universally, while others are questionable and should be discarded, or at least not promoted as standards.

Who's Really Causing Harm in LTC?
There are interest groups whose actions often influence laws and regulations that perpetuate, but don't fix, nursing home care problems.

Courts Weigh In on Use of Drugs for Assisted Suicide & Pain Management
A federal court upholds Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, and a California court holds a physician liable for undermedication of pain.

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