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This Month's CME Article in Clinical Geriatrics

Gait in Older Adults: A Review of the Literature with an Emphasis Toward Achieving Favorable Clinical Outcomes, Part II
Meredith H. Harris, PT, DPT, EdD, Maureen K. Holden, PT, PhD, Lawrence P. Cahalin, PT, MA, Diane Fitzpatrick, PT, DPT, MS, Susan Lowe, PT, DPT, MS, GCS, and Paul K. Canavan, PT, PhD

Changes in motor skills that occur with aging vary widely. It is generally accepted that many bodily functions decline with age, including the ability to walk. For older individuals, walking is one of the most important factors in maintaining an independent lifestyle and remaining in the community. As aging occurs, there can be distinct changes in gait patterns. There is some controversy in the field as to whether change occurs as a result of aging or as a result of pathology.

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Annals of Long-Term Care Supplements

December 2007
Improving Sleep Management in the Elderly


Cathleen A. Bergeron, RN, CDONA/LTC, MSHA, Charles A. Crecelius, MD, PhD, FACP, CMD, Robert Murphy, RN, Sharon Roth Maguire, MS, APRN-BC, GNP, APNP, Dan Osterweil, MD, MscED, CMD, William Simonson, PharmD, FASCP, CGP, Barney S. Spivack, MD, CMD, FACP, Brian D. Stwalley, PharmD, CGP, FASCP, Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD

September 2007
Current Treatment and Future Strategies for Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: Part A


Current Treatment and Future Strategies for Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: Part B

Kenneth E. Schmader, MD, Rafael Harpaz, MD, MPH, and Michael N. Oxman, MD

June 2005
An Algorithim for Managing Type 2 Diabetes: A Focus on the Disease Process, Not Just the Sugar

George T. Grossberg, MD (Chairperson), Soo Borson, MD, Daniel I. Kaufer, MD, and Martin R. Farlow, MD

August 2004
An Algorithim for Managing Type 2 Diabetes: A Focus on the Disease Process, Not Just the Sugar

Kathleen L. Wyne, MD, PhD, FACE, and David S.H. Bell, MB, FACE, FACP

June 2004
Development of Guidelines for the Use of Orexigenic Drugs in Long-Term Care

John E. Morley, MB, BCh, and David R. Thomas, MD

June 2004
An Update on Parkinson's Disease and Its Psychiatric Complications

Mark A. Menza, MD, Margery H. Mark, MD, Dag Aarsland, MD, PhD, Laura Marsh, MD, Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, MHS

June 2004
Pharmacologic Treatment of Chronic Pain in the Elderly

Robert H. Dworkin, PhD, Brian Ginsberg, MD, and Robert I. Cohen, MD

April 2004
Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Elderly

James D. Griffin, MD

March 2004
Optimizing Care Management Plans Across the Spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease

Manju T. Beier, PharmD, FASCP (Chairperson), Elaine R. Peskind, MD, and Mark Sey, RPh, CGP, FASCP

February 2004
Nutritional Deficiencies in Long-Term Care, Part III: OBRA Regulations and Administrative and Legal Issues

David R. Thomas, MD, Hosam K. Kamel, MD, John E. Morley, MB, BCh

February 2004
Nutritional Deficiencies in Long-Term Care, Part II: Management of Protein Energy Malnutrition and Dehydration

David R. Thomas, MD, Hosam K. Kamel, MD, John E. Morley, MB, BCh

February 2004
Management & Evaluation of Dysphagia

Peter R. Holt, MD, FACP

February 2004
Nutritional Deficiencies in Long-Term Care, Part I: Detection and Diagnosis

John E. Morley, MB, BCh, David R. Thomas, MD, and Hosam K. Kamel, MD

December 2003
Atypical Antipsychotics for the Management of Patients With Dementia and Psychotic Symptoms

Dilip V. Jeste, MD, Lon Schneider, MD, Peter Paul De Deyn, MD, PhD, MMPR, Joel E. Streim, MD, J. Michael Ryan, MD

December 2003
Q & A: Experts Answer Questions About Overactive Bladder


October 2003
Clinical Consensus: The Constipation Crisis in Long-Term Care

David R.Thomas, MD, CMD, FACP, AGSF

September 2003
Treatment of Bipolar Disorder Among Older Adults: A Review of Clinical Cases Using Quetiapine

Franco Sicuro, MD

August 2003
Diagnosis and Management of Anemia in Long-Term Care

Council for Anemia

July 2003
Paradigms in Pain: Current Mechanisms and Emerging Strategies Volume 2

Mark J. Lema, MD

July 2003
Solving the Riddle: Exploring the Comordibity of Mood Disorders in the Older Adult

Eric G. Tangalos, MD, Thomas N. Wise, MD

June 2003
Challenges in the Management of Psychosis and Alzheimer’s Disease

What Do We Know? What Do We Not Know? Where Are We Going?
Jacobo E. Mintzer, MD, Joel E. Streim, MD, and Michael Ryan, MD

June 2003
Managing Mood Disorders in Older Patients: A Focus on Depression and Anxiety

J. Craig Nelson, MD, Helen Lavretsky, MD, and William J. Burke, MD (Program Chair)

June 2003
Thrombosis Management: Long-Term Care Perspective

Laurie G. Jacobs, MD, Edith Nutescu, PharmD, and David A. Smith, MD, FAAFP, CMD

May 2003
Can Appropriate Treatment Change the Trajectory of Decline in Dementia? Beyond the Mood: Exploring Dementia and the Emotional and Physical Symptoms of Depression

Sumer Verma, MD, and Joseph Newsom Rawlings, MD; Ira Ralph Katz, MD, PhD, Edward Kim, MD, and Steven P. Roose, MD

April 2003
Q&A Interview with the Expert: Management of Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Elderly

Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD

April 2003
Treatment of Psychosis Among Older Adults in Residential Care Facilities: A Review of Clinical Cases Using Quetiapine

Franco Sicuro, MD

March 2003
Insights Into the Management of Depression and Anxiety

Consensus Committee

February 2003
Prevention and management of thrombosis using low-molecular-weight hepari

Garry Woessner, MA, MBA, CAS, and Nancy Losben, RPh, CCP, FASCP

October 2002
Progress in Mental Illness: Advances in Psychotherapeutics for the Elderly

Soo Borson, MD, and Malcolm Fraser, MD, CMD
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