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IMPROVING CARE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE NURSING FACILITY AND THE ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL SETTINGS

White Paper
Care Settings/Types, Skilled Nursing Care, Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
March 2010 I. Introduction The purpose of this white paper is to recognize and emphasize the importance of efficient patient-centered processes for transferring patients from the acute-care hospital (ACH) to skilled nursing facility/...

DEMENTIA IN CARE TRANSITIONS

White Paper
Dementia, Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
March 2016 I. INTRODUCTION The forceful consequence of dementia was referred to as a “tidal wave” at the First World Health Organization (WHO) Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia in Geneva, Switzerland, where it was...

CAPACITY FOR SEXUAL CONSENT IN DEMENTIA IN LONG-TERM CARE

White Paper
Dementia, Ethics
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
March 2016 Introduction The purpose of this White Paper is to provide a context for approaching the challenge of evaluating the capacity for consent for sexual activity by persons with dementia residing in long term care (LTC) facilities...

J16 — CPR in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Resolution and Position Statements
End-of-Life, Patient Centered, Resident
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Resolution J-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine create a White Paper to address policies around the provision of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in nursing homes and education...

H16 — Support for Family Caregivers

Resolution and Position Statements
Resident
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Resolution H-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine recognize and support the important role that family caregivers play; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that AMDA support policies and...

G16 — Accurate Mental Status Reporting

Resolution and Position Statements
Mental Health, Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Resolution G-16 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that that AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine adopt as policy that Mental Status be instituted when information is transmitted as patients transition between sites of...

From Resident to Board Member

Certified Medical Director
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
When Milta Little, DO, CMD, was in medical school she had the opportunity to go into nursing homes and had an experience she thoroughly enjoyed. That continued into residency when she did an elective rotation in geriatrics with a physician who...

Clinical Collaboration in the Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Setting

Long-Term Care Information Series
Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Practitioners, Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA)
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Teamed with physicians, advanced practice nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) may enhance the nursing and medical care available to post-acute and long-term care facility patients. Driven by documented positive outcomes and favorable...

Updates on Common Infections in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC)

Infections, C. difficile, Infection Prevention/Control, Pneumonia
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Caring for older adults with suspected infections presents challenges for post-acute/long-term care (PALTC) providers. This session will provide an update on management of positive urine cultures, pneumonia and C. difficile infections in PALTC...

Full Set of Clinical Practice Guidelines and 7 Pocket Guides

CPGs (Clinical Practice Guidelines)
UTI, Nutrition, Anemia, Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure, Stroke, Change of Condition, Dementia, Diabetes, Palliative Care, Falls, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Health Maintenance, Infections, Infection Prevention/Control, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Delirium, Depression, Osteoporosis, Pain Management, Parkinson's Disease, Pressure Ulcers, Sleep Disorders, Transitions of Care, Urinary Incontinence
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Full Set of Clinical Practice Guidelines (20) + 7 Pocket Guides / includes the following individual CPGs: Acute Change of Condition Altered Nutritional Status Anemia COPD Management + Pocket Guide Dehydration and Fluid Maintenance Dementia...