Michael Wasserman

The California Association of Long Term Care Medicine (CALTCM) applauds President Biden’s ambitious plan to improve the care of our nursing home residents.   CALTCM is the medical voice of long-term...

Michael Wasserman is regularly described as a nursing home critic. There’s some nuance missing there.

I threw down the gauntlet for the nursing home industry to focus on clinical care two years ago.   I warned that in the spring of 2020, providers would “start to hurt because the cost of caring...

On March 11, I wrote about the COVID-19 storm rapidly approaching our nursing homes, and particularly the risk of nursing home staff transmitting the virus to residents. On March 15, I pointed out the...

The year was 1985. I was an intern in the cardiac intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. A man who was the well-known voice for several animated television characters was laying on a gurney....

There needs to be a clear commitment to the concept of the leadership team.

The only way to prepare for PDPM is to effectively engage with the experts who understand this highly complex and frail patient population.

Those lacking this type of training and experience are at a distinct disadvantage, which is why I am a fierce advocate for having geriatricians hold accountable positions of authority in organizations...