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Management of Chronic Pain in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
May 17, 2022
Pain, a complex subjective experience, is common in care home residents. Despite advances in pain management, optimal pain control remains a challenge. In this updated systematic review, we examined effectiveness of interventions for treating...

Centenarians From Long-Term Care Facilities and COVID-19–Relevant Hospital Admissions

JAMDA
May 16, 2022
Although the number of centenarians is increasing rapidly in many countries around the world,1 there is evidence of lower morbidity among centenarians (100+ years of age) and supercentenarians (110+ years)2,3 and more extended stays in long-term...

A Third Dose of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Significantly Enhances Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Spike IgG Response in Nursing Home Residents in Italy

JAMDA
May 15, 2022
A rapid development of effective vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and their deployment has proved to be a highly successful strategy to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Several...

Reply to “In-Hospital Mortality Risk of Older Patients With COVID-19 Infection”

JAMDA
May 15, 2022
We are delighted by the interest in our research by Dr Kawada and we welcome the opportunity to better clarify the results of our recent study on COVID-19 patients aged ≥80 years old.1 In the study, we explored the overlapping effect between...

In-Hospital Mortality Risk of Older Patients With COVID-19 Infection

JAMDA
May 15, 2022
I read the recent article published in this journal and written by Covino et al1 with great interest. The authors conducted a prospective study to evaluate the risk factors of mortality in adult COVID-19 patients aged ≥80 years. The adjusted hazard...

CMS to the Society “We Are Unable to Approve PALTC Specialty Code Designation”

Policy Snapshot
May 13, 2022
In August of 2017, the Society submitted a request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for consideration of a new specialty code for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) medicine. The Society noted that PALTC physicians have...

Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Advanced Practice Nurses: Open Payments Review and Dispute Ends May 15

Policy Snapshot
May 13, 2022
You have until today (May 15) to review and dispute program year 2021 Open Payments data before CMS publishes it in June. Reviewing your data is voluntary but strongly encouraged. Log into the Open Payments system to review your data. If you have a...

Cost-Effectiveness of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Adapted to Primary Care

JAMDA
May 13, 2022
To estimate the cost-effectiveness of a pragmatic trial of comprehensive geriatric assessment adapted to primary care, compared with care as usual.

Effect of Geriatric Comanagement in Older Patients Undergoing Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Retrospective, Before-and-After Study

JAMDA
May 12, 2022
To determine the effect of geriatric comanagement on clinical outcomes of older patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer.

Advocacy, Passion, and Volunteerism Aren’t New for AMDA Secretary

Spotlight
May 11, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Being on the AMDA board has been the opportunity of a lifetime,” says new Society Secretary Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, who is an attending physician and medical director in Colorado. “It has given me the opportunity to...