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National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Newsletter

June 16, 2021
AMDA in the News
Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network
The past 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacted an enormous toll on the nearly 1 million certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who care for and protect our nation’s nursing home residents. These dedicated workers have put in long hours;...

Disparities in Influenza Vaccination Linked to Poorer Results on Measures of Quality Care

June 10, 2021
Press Release
Infections, Immunization/Vaccination, Influenza
Racial and ethnic disparities in influenza vaccination among adults in nursing homes (NHs) are well documented. A new study in the June issue of JAMDA suggests where these disparities may be the greatest and the reasons behind them. In Decomposing...

BREAKING: FDA approves first drug to slow Alzheimer’s in controversial decision

June 8, 2021
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
Alzheimer’s Disease
In a landmark decision, the Food and Drug administration has approved the Alzheimer’s disease drug aducanumab (Brand name: Aduhelm). The decision sets the stage for it to become the first-ever drug marketed to slow progression of the brain-wasting...

Looking to Tackle Prescription Overload

June 7, 2021
AMDA in the News
The New York Times
By Paula Span June 7, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET The last straw, for Leslie Hawkins, was her mother’s 93rd-birthday gathering in 2018. Her mother, Mary E. Harrison, had long contended with multiple health problems, including diabetes and the nerve pain it...

AMDA Introduces National “Drive To Deprescribe” Initiative

May 19, 2021
Press Release
Columbia, MD – The issue of polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) has been an ongoing concern, with many nursing home residents taking 15 or more drugs. The PALTC setting has one of the highest...

Nursing Homes Prioritize Health Data Sharing, But Barriers Remain

May 18, 2021
Press Release
Health data sharing is a national priority in the United States, with significant benefits for patients and providers alike. In a new study in the May issue of JAMDA, the authors discussed the value of nursing home leaders working with other...

NH Residents with COVID-19 and Those Without Experience Similar Levels of Cognitive Decline

May 13, 2021
Press Release
There is no doubt that COVID-19 has had a serious impact on nursing home residents and older adults everywhere. A study in the May issue of JAMDA concluded that while COVID-19 can accelerate physical decline and frailty by about 20%, the virus also...

AMDA aims for 25 percent meds reduction in data-sharing deprescribing campaign

May 7, 2021
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is challenging industry clinicians and operators to get on board with a new deprescribing campaign that aims at 25% medication reduction in long-stay residents. Combined prescribing data...

Chair-Based Exercise Can Improve Function and Wellbeing in Nursing Home Residents

April 28, 2021
Press Release
Nursing home residents often deal with limitations in basic activities of daily living (ADLs), and 70% have mobility restrictions including the inability to walk or transfer from bed or chair. Lockdowns and quarantines during the pandemic...

Society Announces 2021-2022 Officers & Board of Directors

April 26, 2021
Press Release
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine has elected its 2021-2022 Board of Directors. In terms of Officers, Karl Steinberg, MD, HMCD, CMD, is President; Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD, is President Elect...