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Listening wins again: Music therapy for dementia care

September 10, 2018
AMDA in the News
Listening wins again: Music therapy for dementia care
Listening to music appears to be more effective in reducing agitation, behavioral symptoms and anxiety for older adults with dementia than does singing or playing along with music, according to a study in the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care...

Improved staff flu vaccination rates benefits everyone in LTC

August 29, 2018
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long Term Care News
It's August. As the 2018 influenza season approaches, AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is again encouraging post-acute and long-term care facilities to strengthen their employee immunization programs to protect their...

Assessing Dehydration Requires a Uniform Approach, Study Says

August 29, 2018
AMDA in the News
Provider Long Term and Post-Acute Care
Dehydration—a serious concern for skilled nursing center residents—can result in delirium, falls, constipation, urinary tract infections, and renal impairment. Identifying and assessing dehydration is also a concern, according to a new report in the...

AMDA’s Laxton named to Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners.

August 21, 2018
AMDA in the News
People in the news, Aug. 21
Christopher E. Laxton, CAE, executive director of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine , has been named to the Board of Examiners for the 2018 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award by the Commerce Department's National...

Green spaces associated with less frailty in older adults: study

July 2, 2018
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
Patient Centered
Green spaces are good for the frailty status of older adults, according to a study published in the latest issue of JAMDA: The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine . The authors hope the study will encourage the use of green spaces to...

Social Frailty Influences Depression, Study Says

June 28, 2018
AMDA in the News
Provider
Change of Condition, Depression
Social frailty is strongly associated with the incidence of depression in the older adult population, according to a new study in the June issue of JAMDA. Researchers assessed 3,538 older adults in Japan in terms of depressive symptoms and frailty...

'Social frailty,' depression linked in study

June 28, 2018
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Change of Condition, Depression
“Social frailty” has more of an impact on the onset of depression in older adults than does physical frailty or cognitive impairment, according to a study published in the June issue of JAMDA: the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

Bonner is first non-physician elected to AMDA Board

April 24, 2018
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
Alice Bonner, Ph.D., APRN-GNP, secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, is the first nurse practitioner to serve on the AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Board of Directors since the organization opened up its voting membership to advance practice professionals four years ago.

It's time for national standards in assisted living, authors argue

February 27, 2018
AMDA in the News
McKnight’s Senior Living
Assisted Living
The assisted living industry should look to the skilled nursing industry for standards that could be implemented to help improve resident care and operators' bottom lines, said the authors of an editorial published in the February issue of JAMDA,...

Balance Training May Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults With T2D

January 29, 2018
AMDA in the News
Endocrinology Advisor
Diabetes, Falls
Balance training may help to reduce the risk for falls in older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) by improving reaction times, lower limb proprioception, and postural sway, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical...