Frank L. Grosso, RPh, and Nicole J. Brandt, PharmD
Apr 29, 2015
Pharmacists are increasingly asked to be part of the behavioral health teams to ensure that there is an appropriate indication for all medication use and that ongoing effectiveness and adverse event monitoring...
Inaugural ASCP transitions of care forum arrives
Apr 24, 2015
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists is hosting a two-day forum for post-acute care pharmacy stakeholders Monday and Tuesday in Baltimore. The first-of-its kind conference will gather industry...
Stars upon thars
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 23, 2015
It’s notoriously difficult, not to mention foolish, to try to predict the future of long-term care in America. In all of our nation’s recorded history, only one man can lay claim to true prescience...
Naked crowd-funding — the salvation of long-term care
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 10, 2015
Crowdfunding isn’t the only way to raise money for a good cause, though it has recently netted one provider 60 televisions. Nudity is also an ever-attractive option.
They told us everything we need to know about the future — except what to do
By
John O'Connor
Apr 03, 2015
What should long-term care operators be doing to prepare for the future? Take your pick of these three things.
What to do with the wanderer
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 26, 2015
My very adorable, but now elderly puppy has developed a serious problem with wandering. The last time, he was almost hit by a truck. It’s rather troubling, to say the least. But long-term care providers...
The future of our professions
By
Frank L. Grosso, RPh
Mar 18, 2015
ASCP’s upcoming forum is designed for all post-acute care stakeholders involved in care transitions: consultant pharmacists; health care executives; and managers from long-term care facilities, pharmacy...
Coming out old
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 12, 2015
Growing old is a choice. I realize that now. But it took some straight talk from neurosurgeon and likely Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson to help me see the light.
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 4
Mar 04, 2015
Congressional caucus to focus on family caregivers, includes AHCA … OTC medications cause of most drug-induced liver failure deaths … Nursing home aide in Maine serving 45 days for assault...
LeavingAge
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 26, 2015
I’m feeling extremely unsettled lately. On edge. Anxious. It’s not the threat of rising sea levels, or the erosion of public confidence in the integrity of Nightly News anchors, or the possibility...