Thomas Lawrence, MD, CMD, System Medical Director of Geriatric Medicine and Long Term Care, Main Line Health (MLH), has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM).
Published in the October 1, 2015 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association , the study found that participants (age 30 to 80 years with an established diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease and moderate to severe...
More than 30% of those over age 70 have memory problems, and a panel of aging experts said this population should have memory and reasoning ability evaluated annually by a health care provider.
When does an individual lose the right to consent to sexual relations? If doctors deem intimate contact inappropriate, how do caregivers in nursing homes and other community settings enforce no-contact rules? How can facilities support residents'...
E-prescribing technology automatically evaluates prescriptions for potential drug interactions, further promoting patient safety while making the process more efficient, says Naushira Pandya, MD, president of the board of directors for AMDA — the...
Rates of death and hospitalization are “significantly” higher in Ontario’s for-profit nursing homes than in non-profit ones, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association .
Sometimes nurses neglect to inform prescribers that the condition of a patient receiving an antibiotic has stabilized, which may signal the need to discontinue the medication, said Naushira Pandya, MD, president of the AMDA, the Society for Post-...
Launched in June, UPMC, the University of Wisconsin and the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) are collaborating to study the overuse of antibiotics in hospitals and doctor’s offices. With UPMC leading, the researchers will...
Dr. Victoria Walker, the Good Samaritan Society’s chief medical officer, has been appointed to a two-year position on AMDA's Public Policy Committee, a committee that helps shape national policy on senior care issues.
