This too shall pass! PALTC is united

COVID-19

March 30, 2020

When a crisis hits, besides shedding light on the system gaps, it also highlights the strengths of a community. The stresses of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have clearly highlighted the many positive attributes of the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) community. As the president of AMDA, The Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, I have been in awe watching several heroic stories emerge in this fight of our lifetime.

In the twilight of 2019, China announced its first COVID-19 outbreak. In a few weeks, it evolved from just an interesting story to a humanity-threatening concern for researchers, clinicians and politicians across the globe. As of now, the outbreak has reached pandemic status, prompting governments to enact emergencies and community shutdowns across the world.

No community has been impacted by COVID-19-related concerns in the US more than the PALTC setting. As an environment of care for the frailest of the frail, and with less than ideal financial support, staffing demands and inconsistent medical models, if this sector fails to receive the necessary attention and support it requires, PALTC may face dire consequences.

Recent News

title AMDA leadership weighs in on DEA’s telehealth medicine rules debate

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AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is pleased that the federal government is taking more seriously the need to relax restrictions on prescribing medication via telehealth, a spokeswoman said.

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path: https://old.paltc.org/newsroom/amda-leadership-weighs-dea%E2%80%99s-telehealth-medicine-rules-debate

title Coalition launches to improve access...

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A coalition of experts launched a new initiative Wednesday with the goal of getting 43 recommendations for medical and mental healthcare in assisted living put into practice...

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path: https://old.paltc.org/newsroom/coalition-launches-improve-access

title A light in the darkness: Swati Gaur, MD, medical director

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The rare number of New Horizons residents in northwest Georgia who find themselves in the COVID-19 ward now, beset with mild symptoms and upset over the inconvenience of being moved from their rooms after testing positive, tend to grouse to their medical director.

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path: https://old.paltc.org/newsroom/light-darkness-swati-gaur-md-medical-director

title 43 recommendations help fill gap in medical and mental healthcare guidance for assisted living, experts say

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Forty-three recommendations stemming from a new study represent “an initial step” to filling a gap in guidance regarding medical and mental healthcare in assisted living, according to the study’s authors, who said that such guidance “has been long-awaited.”
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path: https://old.paltc.org/newsroom/43-recommendations-help-fill-gap-medical-and-mental-healthcare-guidance-assisted-living

title Nursing Home Medical Directors Should Be Named Publicly, Bill Urges

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It's just a two-page, barely 200-word bill. But if passed as the authors intend, it would require all 15,000 Medicare-approved nursing homes in the nation to publicly report the name of their medical director.

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path: https://old.paltc.org/newsroom/nursing-home-medical-directors-should-be-named-publicly-bill-urges

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