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Antipsychotics, Antiepileptics, and Fabrication: Are We Making It or Faking It?

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
What commonly used medication for behavior and psychiatric symptoms in dementia is not approved for the purpose, is often used inappropriately, has no evidence that it is better than placebo for dementia-related agitation, causes significant side...

News From The Society

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
The excitement is palpable. After two years of virtual Annual Conferences, AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is pleased to invite members and others to Baltimore, MD, March 10–13, for PALTC22. In addition to opportunities...

Peer-Led Pain Management Program to Relieve Chronic Pain

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
Reference: Tse M, et al. Effectiveness of a Peer-Led Pain Management Program in Relieving Chronic Pain and Enhancing Pain Self-Efficacy Among Older Adults: A Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial. Front Med 2021;8:709141. https://doi.org/10.3389/...

Spotlight on Policy

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine applauds passage of legislation addressing the looming Medicare cuts to PALTC visits. Last month, Congress passed, and the president signed into law, S.610 — the Protecting...

California Requires All Skilled Nursing Facility, Medical Directors Be Certified

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
On October 6, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California’s AB 749 into law after it sailed through the state’s Assembly and Senate with minimal opposition. The bill requires almost all nursing facility medical directors to be certified through...

Reflections on a Year as President

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
It’s hard to believe another year has passed us by. I am sure many of us feel similarly about 2021 as we did about 2020 — basically “Good Riddance!” — thanks in large part to the ongoing pandemic with its seemingly interminable surprises and surges...

Key Insights Into Schizophrenia Misdiagnosis and the Use of Antipsychotics

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
In September 2021, the New York Times published an article entitled “Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes” ( https://nyti.ms/3miySfH ), which focused on the overdiagnosis of schizophrenia presumably to justify the prescribing...

Where Has All the Justice Gone? A Review of Societal Justice Versus Individual Justice

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
Justice itself is a very elusive ethical principle, let alone defining justice during a pandemic that has been extremely difficult to navigate for a multitude of reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic is still testing our very limits of what it means to be...

Back to the Futures

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
As the Futures Program celebrates its 20th anniversary, I’m inspired to go “back to the future” when an invitation to the Futures Program from the Colorado state chapter of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine arrived in my...

AMDA Certified Medical Director: 12 Years Later, Chief Medical Officer Reflects on CMD Skills He Uses Daily

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2022
In 2008, Danny Felty, MD, was accepted into the Certified Medical Director (CMD) Certification program of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Now a chief medical officer with Legacy Care, he reflects on how this program...