Senior Living
eGuides
8 Tips to Reduce Staff Stress and Enhance Resiliency
Chronic staffing shortages and heavier workloads can lead to burnout, performance issues, mental health problems, and poor work-life balance. Learn steps to take to support your teams so they come to work recharged and ready to meet your residents’ needs.
E-Guide: Navigating Safely Through Fall Risk Calculation
Older adults are more likely to experience falls, including falls that result in serious injury or even death. Learn how fall risk assessment tools can help you identify who’s at risk, take preventative measures, and positively impact resident health and quality of life.
E-Guide: Polypharmacy in Senior Living
Polypharmacy is common among seniors and can be dangerous. Learn its causes and signs, as well as how deprescribing can help enhance residents’ health and improve quality of life.
E-Guide: Drug Diversion A-to-Z
Temptation and opportunity make drug diversion a significant risk in long-term care. Learn more about commonly diverted drugs, how to recognize the signs that diversion might be occurring, and steps you can take to prevent it.
E-Guide: Get a Running Start with These Steps to Address Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid use disorder (OUD) remains a significant risk for long-term care residents. In this comprehensive e-guide, learn how to recognize, treat, and prevent OUD.
E-Guide: Drug Pricing Reform Bursts Insulin Bubble — What to Expect in 2024
Extreme and consistent insulin price increases are a critical concern for US public health. Learn how key policy reforms will affect the insulin landscape and what you can expect in 2024.
E-guide: Pharmacogenomics
In this e-guide, learn about pharmacogenomics testing and how it can be used to help optimize medication regimens and guide deprescribing.
E-guide: Alzheimer’s Disease Signs, Stages, Treatment & Support
This e-guide on Alzheimer’s disease brings you the latest information about its symptoms, stages, risk factors, and treatments — plus resources to help — so you can provide the best possible care for residents.
Polypharmacy in Senior Living
Polypharmacy can be particularly dangerous for seniors – it can reduce quality of life, increase morbidity, and even lead to death. By understanding the signs and risk factors, senior living communities can help prevent polypharmacy and protect residents’ health and safety.
Drug Disposal: Safe, Compliant, and Environmentally Sound Destruction of Pharmaceutical Waste
In this eGuide, learn how to dispose of unused pharmaceuticals in a way that is both environmentally sound and compliant with applicable regulations.
Thinking Traps: How to Help Residents Escape
As we get older, the parts of the brain in charge of complex thinking begin to shrink. This can make some fall into Thinking Traps, effecting how they perceive situations around them, raise their stress levels, and hurt their relationships with others.