A federally funded program is now in place in three long-term care organizations with the goal of setting LTC industry-wide standards for resident and staff immunizations.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Visits from family and friends are important to nursing home residents, but the rate of these engagements vary. A new study in the July issue of JAMDA...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine announces that longtime Executive Director Christopher E. Laxton, CAE, will...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Trauma has a lifelong impact, and its effects can be exacerbated in the elderly. In A Matter for Life and Death: Managing Psychological Trauma in Care...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Visits from family and friends are important to nursing home residents, but the rate of these engagements vary. A new study in the July issue of JAMDA...
The American Medical Association has officially adopted a resolution by a long-term care advocate calling for a public listing of medical directors for the nation’s nursing homes. At a delegates meeting this week, the AMA pledged to advocate...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is pleased to announce that the American Medical Association (AMA) today...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 There is a strong consensus among physicians with expertise in nursing home care that “SNFists”—those doctors who practice primarily in nursing homes—...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Older adults are more prone to develop sepsis, a potentially life-threatening clinical syndrome, and suffer negative consequences such as disability,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Physicians are responsible for treatment decision-making, and nurses—who see nursing home residents more frequently—are best positioned to identify changes...
