What's New?
What's New?
Find more e-guides, articles, recordings of past webinars, and more in our Skilled Nursing, Senior Living, and Behavioral Health sections.
Keeping Residents Sun Safe This Summer
A little sun can promote the production of vitamin D, elevate mood, and encourage seniors to be more active. Too much, however, can cause serious consequences, like skin damage, sunburn, eye damage, or skin cancer. And some commonly prescribed medications can increase sun sensitivity, increasing these risks. Learn how you can help residents enjoy the outdoors and safely reap the benefits of the summer sun.
Sleep in PALTC: What’s Changed, What Matters, What to Do
Sleep is vital to optimal health. In older adults, poor or not enough sleep can affect cognition, raise fall risk, and have a negative impact on cardiovascular health. Learn how sleep screening, non-pharmacological interventions, and medications (if appropriate) can help residents get more of the high-quality sleep they need to live their best lives.
DSP Guides – The Fatal Five: Aspiration
Our second installment of our new DSP guide series focuses on aspiration, another of the fatal five conditions that can be deadly for individuals with I/DD. Learn about symptoms, why the individuals in your care are at risk, and what you should watch for. The guide also provides steps you can take to prevent aspiration and the life-threatening complications that it can cause.
Developing Person-Centered Treatment Plans for COPD
COPD affects about 20% of residents in long-term care. It not only causes difficulty breathing but also contributes to cognitive decline and often appears with comorbidities like cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, osteoporosis, and lung infections. Learn how person-centered care plans can enhance COPD care, improve outcomes, and help ensure that residents’ wishes and preferences are respected.
Age-Friendly Care
One of the keys to providing the best possible care for seniors, while also preventing unnecessary ER visits, is understanding their unique medication needs. To do this, many senior care pharmacists are embracing the Age-Friendly Model. Learn more about how this model enhances care and what it looks like in action.
Tardive Dyskinesia: What You Need to Know
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a neurological conditions marked by muscle movements that can’t be controlled. TD is often caused by antipsychotic medications, which puts individuals with I/DD at at increased risk. Learn more about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of TD along with tips for helping individuals manage the symptoms.
2026 Update to the Long-Stay Antipsychotic Quality Measure
One of the quality measures that contributes to your facility’s Five-Star Rating System score is the use of antipsychotic medications. Due to concerns about underreporting, CMS announced re-specifications to the long-stay antipsychotic quality measure, effective January 2026. This Compliance Cue provides an overview of the re-specifications, steps for maintaining compliance, and how your pharmacist can help.
DSP Guides – The Fatal Five: Dehydration
Because DSPs spend so much time with the individuals in their care, they are often the first to sound the alarm when something isn’t right. In the first installment of our new series of guides, DSPs can learn about the dangers of dehydration, one of the Fatal Five conditions that can be deadly for individuals with I/DD.
2025 in Review: Skilled Nursing Facility Deficiencies
2025 saw some significant changes in the number of surveys completed and in the top deficiencies cited. Take a deep dive into what surveys revealed over the last year and how to access tools to help your facility stay in compliance.
What’s That You Say? Hearing Problems in Older Adults
More than half of adults over age 70 have some degree of hearing loss. This affects their ability to understand important information and may also cause feelings of isolation. Learn more about the types and causes of hearing loss and how your pharmacist can help.
Streamlining Medication Pass in Senior Living Communities
Staffing shortages, stringent federal and state regulatory requirements, and increasingly complex medication regimens have made the medication pass process more challenging and time consuming in senior living. This new article highlights the insights and recommendations to make med pass more efficient — and effective.
Leveraging your Consultant Pharmacist for Savings: What Facilities Should Know
The costs associated with medications for older adults, especially those in post-acute and long-term care facilities, are significant — and rising each year due to inflation and increasing acuity. Central to your facility’s cost containment efforts is your consultant pharmacist. In this article, learn how this important member of your team can help identify savings opportunities while ensuring quality resident care.
Medication Management in I/DD: Best Practices
It can be challenging to manage medications and prevent errors in the community setting, where people may see multiple prescribers, take numerous OTC products and supplements, are unable or unwilling to adhere to instructions, and lack 24/7 oversight. This new article highlights the insights and recommendations discussed during our recent webinar, “Medication Management in I/DD Settings.”
CMS Revises Special Focus Facility Program to Include Prevalence of Falls
The Special Focus Facility (SFF) Program is a long-standing CMS initiative designed to improve compliance and quality of care among the lowest-performing nursing homes. On January 28, 2026, CMS announced significant revisions, shifting SFF Program selection criteria from staffing levels to fall prevalence.
The Future of Aging: Resident Engagement & Responsible AI
By the year 2050, nearly one quarter of Americans will be age 65 or older, which means we must start thinking now about how best to meet their needs. This article explores the future of care for seniors and provides insight into what residents want, how to engage them, and how the thoughtful, responsible use of AI can help enhance quality of care.