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Reduce Hospital Readmissions With Effective SNF-to-Home Transitions

April 15, 2019
AMDA in the News
HealthLeaders
New data shows that patients discharged from a skilled nursing facility to home face the highest risk of readmission in the first two days after SNF discharge. KEY TAKEAWAYS Readmissions are a key financial and quality metric for hospitals. New data...

It’s Not Pot: What Senior Living Providers Should Know About CBD

April 8, 2019
AMDA in the News
Senior Housing News
Overall, however, there is little known about how CBD affects users, including seniors, according to Dr. Cari Levy, a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and immediate past-president of AMDA – The Society for...

AMDA’s Foundation Recognizes Top Leaders: Visionaries Crecelius, Smith, and Pandya Given Highest Honors

April 4, 2019
Press Release
During the AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) annual conference in Atlanta, GA, the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, an affiliate of AMDA, announced the recipients of its three highest...

Assisted living finds itself at troubling crossroads

April 4, 2019
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
It’s no secret that more assisted living communities are competing with skilled care operators for high-need residents. But a recent piece in the New York Times is sure to raise troubling questions about this emerging strategy. The story in question...

Quality Improvement Awards Recognize Innovative Projects

April 4, 2019
Press Release
Efforts to improve quality of life, prevent falls, and improve collaboration between the hospital and the skilled nursing facility (SNF) were recognized with Quality Improvement (QI) awards during AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...

Where There’s Rarely a Doctor in the House: Assisted Living

March 29, 2019
AMDA in the News
The New York Times
As residents become older and more frail, some facilities are bringing in doctors and nurses instead of relying on 911. “The assisted living industry has to recognize that the model of residents going out to see their own doctors hasn’t worked for a...

Study: End-of-Life Conversations Make a Difference

March 26, 2019
Press Release
End-of-Life Care
End-of-life (EOL) conversations enhance palliative care and quality-of-life efforts for nursing home residents, according to a study in the March issue of JAMDA. In “Association Between End-of-Life Conversations in Nursing Homes and End-of-Life Care...

Bipartisan lawmakers revive observation stay legislation pushed by nursing homes

March 15, 2019
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
Industry advocates are praising proposed legislation that says patients under “observation status” at a hospital would be eligible to satisfy Medicare’s three-day requirement necessary for skilled nursing coverage. A beneficiary currently must spend...

PALTC Clinicians as First Responders Promotes Early Recognition, Better Outcomes for Sepsis

March 13, 2019
Press Release
An article in the March issue of JAMDA details how post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) clinicians, working as first responders, can promote early recognition of sepsis and help prevent hospitalizations and readmissions related to this condition...

AMDA resolution calls for ‘comfort feeding’ of certain residents with dementia

March 13, 2019
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
Dementia
Members of AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine should adopt a policy of “comfort feeding” for certain residents with dementia rather than honor advance directives that indicate criteria that otherwise would trigger an order...