As of January, the popular podcast programs from AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine have two new hosts. Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, is the new host of AMDA On-The-Go, and Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, will host the...
John Gladstone, administrator of the website for AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and producer of the AMDA On-The-Go podcasts, was an important part of the Society’s family, serving with knowledge, humor, professionalism...
Trauma-informed long-term care organizations recognize that residents, patients, family members, and staff may have histories of adversity and trauma that impact their experiences within the dailiness of the organization. Similar to how health care...
For those of us working in post-acute and long-term care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic, we vividly recall where we were when we heard that a novel coronavirus was detected in a nursing home in Kirkland, WA. We recall the video footage of the...
Mrs. P is an 82-year-old retired farmer’s wife, functionally independent at baseline, who was admitted to post-acute care services at a skilled nursing facility for debility after a seven-day hospital stay for acute exacerbation of her chronic...
