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The Power of “Can”: Being Able to Help Others Gives Residents’ Lives Meaning

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
“If it was me and I woke up in the morning and only had to thank others for caring for me, I’d want to end it.” That was the honest assessment a certified nurse assistant (CNA) once offered to Matthew Lysobey, MPH, LNHA, of the residents’ daily...

Leaders Share Policy Updates on COVID, and Much, Much More

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
The Public Policy Update during the virtual Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine addressed several developments, challenges, and changes, but one theme was consistent: the Society is working hard to...

AMA President Talks Life During COVID, Opioids, and Physician Burnout

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
“Together we are stronger,” American Medical Association (AMA) President Patrice Harris, MD, MA, told her audience in the Saturday General Session at the virtual Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. “We...

Quality Measurement in Assisted Living: Emerging Practices

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Quality measurement in assisted living (AL) isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition, and it is especially challenging because this care setting is state regulated, with wide variations across the country. Yet AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long...

Saying “Hello” to Age-Friendly Health Systems

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Speaking virtually to her audience at the Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, closing keynote speaker and the Society board member Alice Bonner, PhD, APRN, GNP, said, “Keep focusing on things that are...

Are Your Quality Assessment and Assurance Documents Safe From Prying Eyes?

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Federal regulations require that all skilled nursing facilities must have a functioning Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program and a Quality Assessment and Assurance (QAA) committee (Medicaid and Medicare Programs; Reform of...

Proactive Communication and Collaboration With Families During COVID-19

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
These are frightening, insecure times. More than likely, families are reading multiple stories about coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19), some of which conflict and may cause even more fear and alarm. Proactive and transparent...

Strategies for Protecting Patients and Staff From COVID-19

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Post-acute and long-term care patients are at increased risk for COVID-19 morbidity and mortality due to frailty, significant functional limitations, and the presence of more chronic and complex conditions than most community-dwelling older adults...

Thoughts in a Pandemic

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
As a geriatrician working in a long-term care facility, I realized early on that if there was an outbreak of COVID-19 with my older patients, there was a high possibility of poor outcomes. With all of the data showing most COVID-19 mortality in...

Policy Recommendations Regarding Skilled Nursing Facility Management of Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19): Lessons from New York State

JAMDA
June 1, 2020
To provide policy recommendations for managing Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) in skilled nursing facilities, a group of certified medical directors from several facilities in New York state with experience managing the disease used e-mail, phone, and...