A number of studies have reported that diet interventions can be an effective strategy for preventing or delaying the onset of dementia in older adults. While the Mediterranean (MedDiet) and the DASH (Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension) diets...
The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (formerly the AMDA Foundation) Futures program has always been an amalgam of participants in various career stages from all across the country. A few years ago, the program began adding nurse...
The AMDA On-The-Go podcast, hosted by Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, is fast becoming a popular way for practitioners to get the latest news and research, hear from experts and innovators, and revel in the excellence and energy that is PA/LTC...
The author of Dementia Beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture of Care and Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Well-Being, G. Allen Power, MD, posted a photo on social media of a door in a dementia unit decorated to resemble the corner of a lovely room...
In honor of A Day Without a Woman, my friends at Daughters Unite quoted one of my frequent go-to sayings: “If adult daughters went on strike tomorrow, our health care system would collapse.” It’s time I explained why I say this so often.
Health care delivery is changing, and the ethics of health care are changing along with it. Much has been written about how and why health care delivery is changing, driven largely by concerns about escalating health care costs. But far less...
Safety and independence — many older Americans and their families choose assisted living (AL) communities, or care communities, because they offer this combination of features. However, when disaster strikes, whether it is a hurricane, fire, or...
On September 18, 2014, Congress passed the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (the IMPACT Act), and the bill was signed into law by President Obama on October 6, 2014. This law requires the submission of standardized data...
Flu season is officially here, and once again I find myself surprised by the tenacity of the old (and new) myths about the flu shot. (For instance, one that recently moved into the “myth” column is that people with egg allergies shouldn’t get the...
