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In Memoriam: AMDA Past-President Monte Levinson, MD, CMD

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2023
Monte Levinson, MD, CMD, a former president of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, passed away February 7, 2023. Dr. Levinson was a leader in primary care and geriatric medicine in the north suburban Chicago area. Starting...

JAMDA 2023 Morley Award Recognizes Research That Supports Careful Hand-Feeding Practices

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2023
Astudy in Hong Kong that documented a significantly lower risk of aspiration pneumonia in patients with advanced dementia and feeding problems who were placed on careful hand-feeding rather than nasogastric tube feeding has won the JAMDA 2023 Morley...

Awards Honor Visionaries in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2023
Two of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s prestigious annual awards are named after leaders and visionaries who helped shape post-acute and long-term care (PALTC), medical direction, and the Society. They were innovators...

The Delirium, Depression, and Dementia (3Ds) Clinical Practice Guideline: A Team Effort and Labor of Love

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2023
This past fall, AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine launched a newly revised “3-in-1” clinical practice guideline (CPG): Delirium, Depression and Dementia in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting ( https://bit.ly/3DCPG...

In Gratitude to a Colleague Who Brings Calm to the Chaos

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2023
It was around 6:00 p.m., and I was on my way to leave the facility when I suddenly heard a new patient screaming. He was bellowing from his room asking for the nurse and pain medication. His transportation packet did not have his pain prescription,...

From Protection to Collaboration: What to Do and Say to Empower Ourselves When Hearing a Difficult Message

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2023
You’ve had a long day with five admissions, and you still have hours of documentation to finish before you can go home to your family. You are sitting at the nursing station, and Ms. Green’s daughter approaches you with a look on her face that you...

Optimizing the Use of Gabapentin: A Special Drive to Deprescribe Podcast

Spotlight
March 31, 2023
Medication optimization is a hot topic in post-acute and long-term care and a focus of AMDA’s very popular Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) initiative. Now practitioners have yet another opportunity to address their deprescribing challenges with a new...

Ask Your Senators to Support Medical Director Transparency

Policy Snapshot
March 31, 2023
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations process is underway. Encourage your senators to support transparency for nursing home medical directors. Your senators can join by signing on to a letter to Appropriations Subcommittee members encouraging...

CMS Open Door Forum Call on April 13

Policy Snapshot
March 31, 2023
The next Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, 2023, 2:00–3:00 PM ET. See the agenda here . To participate in this conference...

CMS Revises Guidance for Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies

Policy Snapshot
March 31, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded memorandum QSO-20-31-ALL , the Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies, and replaced it with memorandum QSO-23-10-NH , revised guidance for Strengthened Enhanced...