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Dr. Rizkalla Represents N.H. at Conference

June 12, 2016

Palliative Care, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Transitions of Care

Dover Center recently congratulated Dr. Magued Rizkalla on representing New Hampshire as state chapter president and delegate at the 39th American Medical Directors Association annual conference. The state chapter known as the New Hampshire Medical...

Videoconferencing Between Hospital Clinicians, Nursing Home Staff Offers New Dementia Treatment

June 6, 2016

AMDA in the News

Medical Xpress

Skilled Nursing Care, Dementia, Antipsychotics

Nursing homes in the United States care for increasing numbers of people with dementia, yet many lack access to geriatric psychiatrists, behavioral neurologists and other specialists who may help manage symptoms associated with dementia, including...

A New Approach to Dementia Care

June 3, 2016

AMDA in the News

Boston Globe

Dementia, Antipsychotics

“Even very modest efforts at education and problem-solving can go a long way to improving care for people with dementia and reducing bad habits in the care of these patients,” said Jonathan Evans, MD, MPH, CMD. “There is no question there is a...

Extreme Honesty: Medical Errors and Full Disclosure

May 31, 2016

AMDA in the News

Long-Term Living

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Ethics, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)

The magnitude of medical errors in the clinical setting is staggering. The landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System concluded that “as many as 98,000 people die in hospitals each year as a...

Falls Risk Higher for Women, Multitaskers

May 31, 2016

AMDA in the News

Long-Term Living

Falls

Women tend to be good multitaskers, but that skill may lead to more falls in older years than their male counterparts, notes a new cohort study published in JAMDA , The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine .

Half of Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents go to Hospital ED Regardless of Cognitive Status

April 19, 2016

AMDA in the News

Science Daily

Dementia, Transitions of Care

A new study from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute has found that almost half of all long-stay nursing home residents experience at least one transfer to an Emergency Department over the course of a year...

Dr. Rizkalla Attends Seminar

April 17, 2016

AMDA in the News

Fosters.com

Medical Director

Dr. Magued Rizkalla represented New Hampshire as state chapter president and delegate at the 39th American Medical Directors Association Annual Conference.

Survey Reveals Barriers to End-of-Life, Advance Care Planning Discussions

April 14, 2016

AMDA in the News

McKnight's Senior Living

Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Care, Assisted Living, Medicare, Patient Centered, Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Although almost all physicians who treat Medicare beneficiaries think end-of-life and advance care planning conversations are important, many of them report significant barriers to having these discussions with those for whom they care, and 46%...

AMDA Names 2016 Medical Director of the Year

April 6, 2016

AMDA in the News

Long-Term Living

Medical Director

David LeVine, MD, CMD, Medical Director of Menorah Manor in St. Petersburg, Fla., has been named the 2016 Medical Director of the Year by the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, the foundation organization of AMDA–The Society for...