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July 15, 2015
AMDA in the News
Alternet
Alzheimer’s Disease, Resident, Risk
The Hebrew Home at Riverdale has been recognized as one of the best nursing homes in the country. The facility offers an onsite audiology clinic, 24-hour nursing care, occupational therapy and more. Among the services offered in that extended list...

Why Won’t My Aging Mother Eat? Maybe it’s Because She’s Lonely.

July 11, 2015
AMDA in the News
The Washington Post
Mental Health, Depression
“Do I have to be heavy?” she suddenly snaps, slamming down her fork and pushing the photo album at me. To my mother, life is black-and-white: Thin is good, and weight — even the smallest amount, even if it helps fend off frailty, as a 2013 article...

Providers Applaud CMS Proposal to Cover Advance Care Planning

July 9, 2015
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
Long-term care organizations are applauding a proposal released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that would reimburse healthcare practitioners for discussing advance care planning with patients.

CMS Proposes Physician Reimbursement for End-of-Lfe Discussions

July 8, 2015
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) strongly approves the move: “Post-acute and long-term care practitioners provide quality and thoughtful care and family members and friends of very ill patients will receive greater peace...

AMDA Member to Lead National Trial Aimed at Antibiotic Reduction

July 6, 2015
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Long-Term Care, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Medication, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
In an effort to reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics in post-acute and long-term care facilities (PALTC), the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's David Nace, MD, is conducting a $1.5 million, three-year national trial to investigate...

A Comprehensive Excellence Framework for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

June 23, 2015
AMDA in the News
Blogrige - The Official Baldridge Blog
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Quality, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
An interview with Baldrige alumnus examiner Christopher E. Laxton, Executive Director of AMDA. Laxton compares the Baldrige Excellence Framework to two other approaches used in his sector today to improve the performance of PALTC organizations: QAPI...

Too Old to Work Out? Think Again, Get Moving

June 20, 2015
AMDA in the News
The Enumlaw Courier-Herald
Cardiovascular Health, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Osteoporosis
A recent study published in JAMDA found that resistance training can positively affect cognitive abilities of seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Not an Onion Study: Underpowered Analysis Of Poor Quality Data Finds Antipsychotics Actually Aren’t Linked To Increased Risk Of Death In The Elderly

June 17, 2015
AMDA in the News
Mad In Ameriaca
Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics
The studies that led to warnings from health regulators against prescribing antipsychotics to elderly patients with dementia were biased, and there is actually no significant increase in risk of death linked to the drugs, according to a study in...

Warner, Isakson introduce bipartisan bill to improve planning options for patients with advanced illness

June 10, 2015
AMDA in the News
Augusta Free Press
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Patient Centered
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced legislation today designed to give people with serious illness the freedom to make more informed choices about their care, and the power to have those choices honored.

Sex in the Nursing Home

June 4, 2015
AMDA in the News
AARP
Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Ethics, Patient Centered, Resident, Right’s
So far only about a quarter of facilities have policies on intimacy and sexual behavior, according to a 2013 survey by AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Almost half said that developing a policy was "planned" or "...