A Season for PALTC: Improving Quality, Increasing Transparency, and Strengthening Our Workforce

Just a few weeks before assuming the role of president of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, I sat on the sofa in my family room watching President Biden give the State of the Union address. During the speech, he announced his administration’s exciting plan to improve quality and safety in nursing homes. The plan includes five pillars that target ensuring safe, adequate, and dignified care; enhancing accountability and oversight; increasing transparency; strengthening the workforce; and ensuring pandemic and emergency preparedness.