A year ago, a group of AMDA leaders spent the day on Capitol Hill advocating for policy changes related to post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) telemedicine. A main point of discussion was the need to revise the regulations governing payment for...
Anticholinergic/antimuscarinic and sedative medications (eg, benzodiazepines) have been found to be associated with poorer cognitive and physical function and mobility impairment in older age. However, previous studies were mostly conducted among...
We thank you for the opportunity to respond to the issues raised in the letter by Kara et al and thank them for their valuable comments on the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) consensus for sarcopenia diagnosis. Before responding to the...
We have read with great interest the recently published consensus update of Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia about the diagnosis and treatment of sarcopenia.1 We congratulate them for defining their diagnostic algorithm. Although we agree on...
I have spent a lifetime in medicine caring and advocating for aging patients, and worrying about them. Meanwhile, medicine has changed from a profession centered on the relationship between one doctor and one patient, into a highly profitable...
Socializing with family and friends is essential for older adults in long-term care because it significantly reduces the depression and anxiety that may come from isolation and loneliness. Unfortunately, today socializing may also bring COVID-19...
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the responsibilities of health care professionals practicing in long-term care settings have expanded dramatically, with self-care becoming an essential skill. Many, however, have found themselves unprepared...
David A. Nace, MD, MPH, CMD, president of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, is representing the Society on the administration’s new Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes. The Commission was created to...
