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First Long-Term Care Accountable Care Organization Unveiled at Society Meeting

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
The world of long-term care medicine changed, quietly, on the afternoon of March 18, 2017. That was the day the first functioning long-term care accountable care organization (ACO) was described in public.

Elders Need Special Attention When Adult Children Die

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
When actress Carrie Fisher passed away, many family members and friends expressed sadness but not surprise when her mother, entertainment icon Debbie Reynolds, died a day later. They talked about the closeness of the mother–daughter bond and the...

Guterman Award Winner: CMS Medication Burden Linked to Serious Falls

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
PHOENIX — Research defining the central nervous system (CNS) medication burden that is associated with an increased risk of serious falls in nursing home residents won the Howard Guterman Best Poster Award at the AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute...

White Embraces Leadership Role as New Society President

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
PHOENIX — Heidi White, MD, CMD, associate professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and a senior fellow in the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, has been on the stage at AMDA –...

Humanism: A Foundation for Caring Conversations

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
PHOENIX — A common complaint from health care providers, team members, and patients is the difficulty in establishing real human connections among them. When health care is doled out in 15-minute increments and the provider spends more time entering...

CMS Staff Tracking System Promises More Accuracy

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
PHOENIX — The new payroll-based journal (PBJ) system developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine the staffing component ratings in the Five-Star Quality Rating System will likely be “a huge change, [resulting in] a...

Five-Star System Shines Light on CMDs

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
PHOENIX — The Five-Star Quality Rating System that is tightening networks and driving referrals and reimbursement is also giving certified medical directors the opportunity to “shine” and to meaningfully influence the quality of care in their...

House of Delegates Moves Key Issues Forward

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
PHOENIX — The House of Delegates (HoD) of AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine tackled a full agenda at its meeting during the Annual Conference. “We had deep but thoughtful debate about important topics in post-acute and...

All That Is Red Is Not Infected

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
Dear Dr. Jeff:

New Guidelines Help With Schizophrenia Diagnosis

Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
Instances of schizophrenia being newly diagnosed in long-term care residents with dementia who had been receiving antipsychotic medications — seemingly to have such antipsychotic usage exempted from a Nursing Home Compare quality measure — led AMDA...