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AMDA to Administration: Be Broad, Innovative, and Practical in Efforts to Reform PALTC

March 4, 2022
Press Release
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine applauds the Biden Administration’s continued focus on patients and residents in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). The proposals presented during this week’s State of...

Innovative Strategies and Policy Changes Can Help Transform Direct Care Jobs, Stabilize PALTC Workforce

February 10, 2022
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Direct care workers play an essential role in the lives and care of older adults receiving post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). Yet, despite decades...

Special February Issue of JAMDA Provides a Vision for “Reimagining Long-Term Care”

February 4, 2022
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Columbia, MD – The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the pervasive shortcomings of long-term care and how those shortcomings affect the 8.5 million people...

High-Speed Resistance Training May Not Be Effective for Frail NH Residents

January 25, 2022
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 While some experts recommend high-speed resistance training (HSRT) as a possible strategy to manage frailty in older adults, research to support this is...

Delirium Is Common, and Associated with Acute Changes and Illness In Nursing Home Residents

January 18, 2022
Press Release
Although patients of any age and robustness can develop delirium, older people, as well as those with functional impairment, severe comorbidities, and dementia, are most at risk. According to a new study in the January issue of JAMDA , delirium in...

AMDA Releases Guidance for Medical Exemptions to Vaccination and Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Vaccine Mandates

January 17, 2022
Press Release
Columbia, MD – Workers in Medicare- or Medicaid-funded health-care provider organizations are now required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of participation in Medicare and...

Post-Acute Care Use Made Big Shift Away From SNFs During the Pandemic

December 15, 2021
Press Release
COVID-19
During the pandemic, there was a significant shift in post-acute care use, with fewer patients entering nursing homes. A new study in the December issue of JAMDA details how both hospital discharges to skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and SNF...

Society Applauds Passage of Legislation to Avert PALTC Medicare Payment Cuts

December 13, 2021
Press Release
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine applauds passage of legislation addressing the looming Medicare cuts to PALTC visits. Last week, Congress passed, and the president signed into law, S.610—the...

Trend Continues: More Full-Time Clinicians in Nursing Homes

December 8, 2021
Press Release
Full-time clinicians in nursing homes (NHs) are a growing trend, according to a new study in the December issue of JAMDA . The percentage of clinicians—physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physical assistants (PAs)— who worked full-time in NHs...

Current Medical Education Leaves Gaps in Knowledge About Post-Acute Care

November 17, 2021
Press Release
Confirming the need for more medical education addressing post-acute and long-term care, a national survey of internal medicine residents identified common knowledge gaps about this care setting. According to an article in the November issue of...