title: Clinical Update on Nursing Home Medicine: 2015.
abstract: This is the ninth yearly update on clinical care in the nursing home. Topics covered this year are disease management in frail elders, heart failure, pneumonia, mild cognitive impairment, meaningful activities in the nursing home, atrial fibrillation, and anticoagulation.
authors.affiliation: Section of Geriatric Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Messinger-Rapport
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanford
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO. Electronic address: morley@slu.edu.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Julie K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Gammack
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000451:nursing; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000451:nursing; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D009732:Nursing Care; D009735:Nursing Homes
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants
keywords: Disease management; anticoagulation; atrial fibrillation; clinical guidelines; frail elders; heart failure; meaningful activities in the nursing home; mild cognitive impairment; multiple chronic conditions; pneumonia