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AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to long-term care facilities

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
COVID-19
“Blanket, one-size-fits-all” statewide orders barring long-term care facilities from denying admission based solely on confirmed or suspected COVID-19 diagnoses, or prohibiting long-term care facilities from requiring COVID-19 tests prior to...

Coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes rise sharply in L.A. County

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
Los Angeles Times
COVID-19
Los Angeles County officials are investigating coronavirus outbreaks at 11 area nursing homes, where elderly residents with underlying health conditions are among the most vulnerable to the deadly new pathogen. That’s nearly quadruple the number of...

AMDA's Annual Conference is Going Virtual Conference recordings now included with your registration!

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
AMDA Annual Conference
How do I access the virtual conference? Visit paltc.org/paltc20 and log in using the same email address and password used to register for the conference. This is also the email address where you have received an access instructions email from AMDA...

This too shall pass! PALTC is united

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
COVID-19
When a crisis hits, besides shedding light on the system gaps, it also highlights the strengths of a community. The stresses of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have clearly highlighted the many positive attributes of the post-acute and...

Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes Read more: The Gilmer Mirror - Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
the Gilmore Mirror
COVID-19
Judith Graham March 30, 2020 A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities: Some patients are falling into a no man’s land between hospitals and nursing homes. Hospitals need to clear out patients who no...

AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to long-term care facilities

March 30, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
COVID-19
“Blanket, one-size-fits-all” statewide orders barring long-term care facilities from denying admission based solely on confirmed or suspected COVID-19 diagnoses, or prohibiting long-term care facilities from requiring COVID-19 tests prior to...

AMDA and AHCA Jointly Urge States Not to Push Hospital Patients With COVID-19 into Nursing Homes and Assisted Living as the Solution to Hospital Overcrowding

March 29, 2020
Press Release
COVID-19
States Urged to Work Collaboratively with Nursing Homes and Hospitals to Develop Appropriate Solutions Today AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) released a joint statement...

Needing Room for Coronavirus Patients, Massachusetts Seeks to Clear Out Some Nursing Homes

March 29, 2020
AMDA in the News
The Wall Street Journal
COVID-19
Massachusetts is asking some nursing homes to evacuate their elderly residents so the facilities can treat coronavirus patients, the newest effort to find places to treat the infected as their surging numbers begin overwhelming hospitals. One...

2019 Consensus Update on Muscle Loss Introduces ‘Possible Sarcopenia’ to Identify At-Risk Individuals

March 27, 2020
Press Release
An article in the March issue of JAMDA describes the 2019 Asian Consensus Update on Sarcopenia, which retains muscle mass criteria, divides diagnoses into community or hospital settings, and defines “possible sarcopenia” to identify at-risk people...

AMDA Urges Cooperation Between PALTC, Hospitals, and Public Health Agencies in Responding to COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Press Release
COVID-19
New York State Advisory on Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Nursing Homes is Ill Advised AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine urges PALTC organizations, hospitals, and public health authorities to work together...