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New Influenza Drug Brings New Promise

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
Currently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)recommend that everyone 6 months of age and older receive a flu vaccine every season. Because the influenza virus replicates and mutates frequently, the vaccine often does not contain all...

SNF Medical Directors and Clinicians in PDPM Have Vital Role

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
On October 1, 2019, the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will change how skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are reimbursed for post-acute care provided to Medicare A recipients. The major change from the existing Resource Utilization Group (RUG IV...

Time’s Up Healthcare Sets a Wake-Up Call

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
“I’ve worked since I was 15, and I’ve experienced harassment. I knew something was wrong, but there wasn’t a name for it, and people didn’t talk about things like that,” said Tiffany Love, PhD, FACHE, GNP, ANP-BC, regional chief nursing officer at...

PALTC Sees Flurry of Legislative and Regulatory Action, but Questions Remain

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
“Congress has been quite busy,” said Alex Bardakh, MPP, director of public policy and advocacy for AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine, at the start of the annual conference program on “Top Policy Issues in 2019.”...

Podcast: The State of Geriatric Medicine Education

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
The AMDA On-The-Go podcast took to the road in March and headed to Atlanta, GA, for the annual conference of AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, went live before an engaged, excited...

Meet the 2019–2020 Society Board

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
Strong leadership is essential to move organizations forward. AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s 2019-2020 Board of Directors features many visionaries and experts who have a track record of embracing challenges and...

State of the Society: A Solid Foundation, A Bright Future

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
In presenting her “State of the Society” report at the annual conference of AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine in March, outgoing president Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD, started with a comment that likely resonated strongly...

Identifying Malnutrition in PALTC Communities

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
The risk of protein-energy malnutrition is a concern in older adults admitted to post-acute and long-term care communities. A study using the Mini Nutritional Assessment found that malnutrition was present in approximately 50% of post-acute care...

Bigger Patients, Bigger Challenges: For Patients of Size, Proper Care Can Be Elusive

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
When you’re big, numbers matter. Like the 76 inches of my 83-year-old father’s height versus the 80-inch length of a standard hospital bed. We became well acquainted with these numbers after my dad fell 2 years ago and entered a long cycle of stays...

Person-Centered Care: Are We Really Doing It?

Caring for the Ages
May 1, 2019
Jim Collins makes the case that “good” is the enemy of “great” in his book Good to Great (New York: Random House Business, 2001). Similarly, in looking at the progress that has been made in bringing person-centered practices to elder care and in...