When compared with long term care pharmacy, PACE pharmacy presents its own unique set of challenges. Because participants are in the home environment rather than in a long term care setting with clinicians on hand, questions, concerns and needs may arise at any hour of the day. That’s why around-the-clock Read more…
The medication packaging used in long term care pharmacy has evolved over the past few decades, with rapid changes occurring just a few years ago. Most LTC pharmacy services providers today utilize medication punch cards for medication management to SNF residents or PACE participants. Grane Rx has developed a better Read more…
When selecting a pharmacy services provider, one prominent question for administrators and executive directors revolves around integration: How will the provider integrate with our services? Ultimately, you are looking for long term care pharmacy solutions from a provider that seamlessly blends in with the care you’re already providing for SNF Read more…
When you’re switching to a new pharmacy services provider, you want the transition to be seamless, so that staff and residents alike experience little or no negative impact. In choosing a new pharmacy services provider, it’s important to consider multiple factors, including the depth and thoroughness of a provider’s transition Read more…
In the last few years, pharmacy benefit managers, often referenced as PBMs, have taken on an increasingly prominent role in PACE pharmacy. To fully understand the role of PBMs in PACE pharmacy, first consider the role of pharmacy benefit managers more broadly. The American Pharmacists Association defines a pharmacy benefit Read more…
Seniors typically deal with a multitude of comorbid medical conditions, requiring a significant number of medications. In fact, according to the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), while the elderly population makes up less than 15 percent of the total United States population, they consume 40 percent of all prescription Read more…
Whether you’re just getting started in a career path or looking for a change of pace from retail pharmacy, long term care pharmacy jobs offer a diverse range of opportunities to match varied levels of expertise and education. As the population of older Americans continues to increase, long term care Read more…
In recent years, the older population and their caregivers have increasingly turned to long term care programs that allow them to age within their own communities, such as PACE centers. When evaluating options, potential participants consider a number of categories, including pharmacy services. So what are participants and their Read more…
For decades, when people aged and developed chronic medical conditions, they were moved from their homes into a nursing home setting. The advent of the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in 1971 marked a change in that process, allowing many people to age in the comfort of Read more…
Nursing Home Pharmacy Services Improve Med Adherence Medication adherence means taking the right dose of the right medication at the right time—always. Patients are at risk of problems if they: Grane Rx Meds2Home™ program can help. SimplePacks, prepackaged daily doses help people take the all of the right medications, Read more…