June 30, 2019

The June 10 AMDA On-The-Go podcast--Are SNFs Dealt an Impossible Hand?-- featured program guest (and Society president) Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD, AGSF. Podcast host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, began by referring to a 2017 New York Times article that talked about the “anticipatory horror” many people have of nursing homes. He asked, “Where did this sentiment come from—why? Of the 15,000 nursing facilities in our country, many of which are considered ‘home’ for those who are chronically or seriously infirm or can no longer care for themselves, how could such a strong, negative mantra come to pass and be acceptable?”