Many seniors seek long-term care benefits from Medicaid because they don’t have a long-term care policy or the money to pay for care themselves. In order to qualify for benefits, Medicaid requires a ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of ways to collect information about ...

Operationally define challenging behaviors. Challenging behaviors should be defined in terms that are specific, observable, and measureable (i.e., one can see and count the behaviors). Be specific ...

A functional assessment is a key part of any occupational health consultation, yet effective history-taking is something many coming into the profession have to learn from scratch. Helena Brady looks ...

Objective Assess the validity of an app-based assessment of the functional impact of concussion symptoms compared to traditional scales. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Multi-disciplinary ...

frequency hearing loss — is common among older patients. Assessment of functional impairments in an aging population is one of the most daunting challenges facing primary-care clinicians. HOW TO TAKE ...