About the artist: This month’s cover art, “Aboard the Dove,” was painted in watercolor by Selma Roby, a resident of Leisure World, a retirement community in Silver Spring, Maryland.
FEATURES
Family Caregiving: A Growing Force in Senior Care
Kathleen A. Cameron, Kelly Niles
Numbering at least 22 million in the United States alone, family caregivers are finally gaining recognition as essential providers of long-term supportive care. Here’s a look at the challenges and rewards of family caregiving, the expanding array of caregiver resources-and pharmacists’ important role as caregiving facilitators.
Certification Update: Slowly but Steadily, a ‘Sleeping Giant’ Awakes
Michael J. Major
Just two years since creation of the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy, the designation “Certified Geriatric Pharmacist” is an increasingly coveted credential in the senior care arena. Four members of the first graduating class of CGPs share insights on preparing for the certification exam and the many benefits of certification.
Advances in Pharmacotherapy of Congestive Heart Failure
Caren McHenry Martin
Exciting recent research on new approaches to treatment of congestive heart failure indicates that beta blockers and spironolactone can be powerful additions to the contemporary CHF armamentarium.
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C O N T E N T S
September 1999
Volume 14, Number 9
Research and Reports
A Patient Assessment Approach to Enhance the Drug Regimen Review Process
Marie E. Gardner
This report describes one consultant pharmacist’s experience implementing a postadmission patient assessment model emphasizing direct interviews and observation as a highly productive, cost-effective complement to traditional chart-based drug regimen review.
Research and Reports
Evaluation of Antibiotic Usage in a Long-Term Care Facility
Leisa L. Marshall, Monica R. Jolley, Dixie S. Elwell
The results of this retrospective, cross-sectional study suggest that antibiotics are often prescribed in the nursing facility setting in disregard of accepted infection control surveillance criteria and in the absence of direct physician examination or definitive diagnostic tests.
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D E P A R T M E N T S
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Bylines
A Timely Follow-Up
David K. Buerger
Letters
Health Trends
Study Finds Room for Improvement in Pharmacists’ Knowledge of Antibiotic Use; Infection Control Programs, Pathways Still Lacking; Investigational Drug Shows Promise in Dementia; Update on Global AIDS Epidemic; more
Calendar
Consultant Pharmacist Forum
Generic Warfarin: An Idea Whose Time Has Come; A Cost-Effective Option for On-Site Computing
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Information Access
ascp.com: A Valuable Resource for Daily Practice
Close To Home
Georgia, North Carolina Shine in AHCA ‘Quality Award’ Competition
Helpful Ideas
Preparing for the Unannounced Survey
Jeannette Y. Wick, Guido R. Zanni
Federal Perspectives
Late Additions
Alliance for Pharmaceutical Care Takes Its Message to State Legislators
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