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43 recommendations help fill gap in medical and mental healthcare guidance for assisted living, experts say

October 7, 2022
AMDA in the News
43 recommendations help fill gap in medical...
Assisted Living, Long-Term Care
Forty-three recommendations stemming from a new study represent “an initial step” to filling a gap in guidance regarding medical and mental healthcare in assisted living, according to the study’s authors, who said that such guidance “has been long-...

D04 - AMDA POSITION STATEMENT ON ASSISTED LIVING

Resolution and Position Statements
Assisted Living
Introduction The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) was founded on the premise that physician inclusion in long term care is essential to the delivery of quality care. The purpose of this statement is to address the appropriate...

It's time for national standards in assisted living, authors argue

February 27, 2018
AMDA in the News
McKnight’s Senior Living
Assisted Living
The assisted living industry should look to the skilled nursing industry for standards that could be implemented to help improve resident care and operators' bottom lines, said the authors of an editorial published in the February issue of JAMDA,...

Sensors Aid in Detection, Intervention of Illness/Decline in Assisted Living Residents

October 2, 2017
Press Release
Assisted Living, Patient Centered
Data from sensor systems can be an effective strategy to help staff to detect and promptly address early signs of illness and/or functional decline in assisted living (AL) community residents, according to a study in the October issue of JAMDA . In...

Why the Elderly Are the Fastest-Growing Pot Demographic in the U.S.

August 30, 2017
AMDA in the News
Men's Journal
Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid
On a recent Friday at the Balfour Riverfront Park senior living facility in downtown Denver, an unusual event took place among the day’s regular activities. In between scrapbooking at the Sky Bar and water walking in the Pompeii Pool, the facility...

AMDA Delegates to Ponder Integrated Care Model for Assisted Living

March 10, 2017
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
Assisted Living
A resolution calling for AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine to promote and advocate for an integrated care model in assisted living will be one of nine under consideration by the organization's delegates in Phoenix next...

AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Statement in Response to CNN’s “Sick, Dying and Raped in America’s Nursing Homes”

February 22, 2017
Press Release
Assisted Living, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Ethics, Resident
Today, CNN published “ Sick, Dying and Raped in America’s Nursing Homes .” The report details disturbing accounts of sexual abuse of nursing home residents. AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine emphatically condemns any type...

When Retirement Comes With a Daily Dose of Cannabis

February 19, 2017
AMDA in the News
New York Times
Assisted Living, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Palliative Care, Ethics, Medication, Opioids, Pain Management, Parkinson's Disease, Resident
In March, an influential group of medical providers, AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, will tackle the issue at its annual conference. Cari Levy, the group’s vice president, will offer a “Marijuana 101” lesson on the...

Shot in the Arm for Transfusion Procedures

Anemia, Assisted Living, Long-Term Care, Resident, Risk
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
How can a facility send anemic patients out for blood transfusions without having them admitted to the hospital? This was the challenge Hebrew Home at Riverdale in Bronx, NY, faced, and medical director Zachary Palace, MD, CMD, discovered that some...

Survey Reveals Barriers to End-of-Life, Advance Care Planning Discussions

April 14, 2016
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Care, Assisted Living, Medicare, Patient Centered, Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Although almost all physicians who treat Medicare beneficiaries think end-of-life and advance care planning conversations are important, many of them report significant barriers to having these discussions with those for whom they care, and 46%...