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Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. (The more things change, the more they stay the same.)— Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1849)
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
The year 2020 has been filled with surprises, if not bewilderment, for us all. It is unlikely that any of us could have predicted a year ago — or six months ago, or even three months ago — what our world would be like today. COVID-19 has truly...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Cardiovascular comorbidities and risk reduction play a major new role in pharmacologic therapy for type 2 diabetes, with sodium-glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists now recommended as part of...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Anemia is not a normal consequence of aging — it is an overlooked sign of underlying illness, so the approach should be to evaluate, delineate, and address the cause or causes, said T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, at the Annual Conference of AMDA – The...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
“If it was me and I woke up in the morning and only had to thank others for caring for me, I’d want to end it.” That was the honest assessment a certified nurse assistant (CNA) once offered to Matthew Lysobey, MPH, LNHA, of the residents’ daily...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
The Public Policy Update during the virtual Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine addressed several developments, challenges, and changes, but one theme was consistent: the Society is working hard to...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
“Together we are stronger,” American Medical Association (AMA) President Patrice Harris, MD, MA, told her audience in the Saturday General Session at the virtual Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. “We...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Quality measurement in assisted living (AL) isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition, and it is especially challenging because this care setting is state regulated, with wide variations across the country. Yet AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Speaking virtually to her audience at the Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, closing keynote speaker and the Society board member Alice Bonner, PhD, APRN, GNP, said, “Keep focusing on things that are...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020
Federal regulations require that all skilled nursing facilities must have a functioning Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program and a Quality Assessment and Assurance (QAA) committee (Medicaid and Medicare Programs; Reform of...