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Society Announces 2020-2021 Board of Directors

April 6, 2020
Press Release
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine has elected its 2020-2021 Board of Directors. David A. Nace, MD, MPH, CMD, is President; Karl Steinberg, MD, HMCD, CMD, is President-Elect; and Suzanne Gillespie,...

AMDA’s Foundation Recognizes Top Leaders, Visionaries

April 3, 2020
Press Release
The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, an affiliate of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine, has announced the recipients of its three highest achievement awards: Medical Director of the Year, the...

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...

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...

Objective Findings Focused on “Bedside Criteria” Are Key to Pneumonia Diagnoses in Nursing Homes

March 17, 2020
Press Release
The diagnosis of pneumonia in the nursing home setting should be made based on objective findings focused on the respiratory tract and obtained via “bedside criteria,” according to an article in the March issue of JAMDA. In Nursing Home-Associated...

AMDA Releases Guidance on COVID-19 in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

February 28, 2020
Press Release
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine is closely monitoring the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak and today released guidance for PALTC facilities. It includes the following recommendations: Given the rare...

Deprescribing Strategy Shows Promise for Reducing Antipsychotic Use, Improving Quality of Life

February 18, 2020
Press Release
Antipsychotic deprescribing with an innovative strategy has proven successful, according to an article in the February issue of JAMDA. The Optimizing Practices, Use, Care and Services—Antipsychotics (OPUS-AP) strategy aimed to improve the well-being...

Study Documents NH Changes Since OBRA ’87: Greater Diversity, Higher Acuity, Fewer Bedbound Residents

February 11, 2020
Press Release
Today’s nursing homes (NHs) look much different than they did when the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA’87) was passed, according to a study in the February issue of JAMDA. There is greater diversity and higher acuity now, and care...

Copper Surfaces May Reduce Hand-Transmitted Infections in PALTC

January 15, 2020
Press Release
Infection control is a top priority for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities. A new study in the January issue of JAMDA showed that copper surfaces may reduce the incidence of hand-transmitted healthcare-associated infections (HAI). This...