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Join AMDA Member and CMS on Call about Dementia Care: Opioid Use & Impact for Persons Living with Dementia

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Opioids, Practitioners
September 13, 2018
The CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement is hosting a call on Tuesday, September 18, from 1:30 to 3 pm ET. During this call, you can gain insight on opioid use in the post-acute and long-...

ABPLM Board Member Brings International Perspective

Spotlight
September 11, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As with many Society members, a love of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) medicine runs deep for Andrea Moser, MD, MSc, CMD, a newly appointed American Board for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM)...

Quick and Simple FRAIL Scale Predicts Incident Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental ADL (IADL) Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JAMDA
September 8, 2018
To quantitatively examine frailty defined by FRAIL scale as a predictor of incident disability risks by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Black Box Warning About Fluoroquinolone Use

Clinical Alerts
September 7, 2018
FDA updates warnings for fluoroquinolone antibiotics on risks of mental health and low blood sugar adverse reactions at https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm612995.htm The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Recently...

September 7, 2018

Weekly Roundup
September 7, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Arif Nazir, MD, CMD, thrives on innovation, and he believes that innovators are a special breed. “I used to think that innovators are born that way. While there may be some truth to that, I also think that anyone...

House Hearing Focuses on Nursing Home Safety and Quality

Policy Snapshot
Care Settings/Types, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, Practitioners, Quality
September 6, 2018
This week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled “Examining Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care and Resident Safety in Nursing Homes.” The purpose of the hearing was...

CMS Dementia Care: Opioid Use & Impact for Persons Living with Dementia Call — September 18

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Practitioners
September 6, 2018
National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Tuesday, September 18 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET Register for Medicare Learning Network events. During this call, gain insight on opioid use in the post-acute and...

Agitation and Aggression Are 2 Different Syndromes in Persons With Dementia

JAMDA
September 6, 2018
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia are very common, and a recent study found that they occur in up to 90% of people living in residential care facilities.1 These symptoms are often more disturbing than cognitive impairment and are...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
September 1, 2018

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JAMDA
September 1, 2018