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Shot in the Arm for Transfusion Procedures

Anemia, Assisted Living, Long-Term Care, Resident, Risk
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
How can a facility send anemic patients out for blood transfusions without having them admitted to the hospital? This was the challenge Hebrew Home at Riverdale in Bronx, NY, faced, and medical director Zachary Palace, MD, CMD, discovered that some...

Multistate Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Infections - 8/10 Update

Clinical Alerts
Infections, Medication
August 10, 2016
FDA released an updated statement including a voluntary recallExternal Web Site Icon of all of liquid products manufactured by PharmaTech and distributed by: Rugby, Major, Bayshore, Metron, Centurion, and Virtus. Read more .

Be a Choosing Wisely Champion

Quality
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families
“We need them to work with us to demonstrate and communicate to others their successes with the Choosing Wisely campaign.” To move forward on this goal, the ABIM Foundation recently announced a new component of the Choosing Wisely campaign—the...

Congress Passes Opioid Legislation

Policy Snapshot
Medication, Opioids, Pain Management
July 15, 2016
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) was sponsored by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and was recently passed with bi-partisan support in both Houses of Congress. The bill, which the President is...

IMPROVING CARE TRANSITIONS FROM THE NURSING FACILITY TO A COMMUNITY-BASED SETTING

White Paper
Care Settings/Types, Skilled Nursing Care, Transitions of Care
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
March 2009 I. Introduction Issues related to transitioning patients across sites of care increasingly have been in the national spotlight. There is evidence that poor transitions may result in adverse outcomes such as an avoidable re-...

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/...

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...

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...