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To Reduce Hypoglycemia in Older Adults, Improve Antidiabetic Treatments

September 22, 2021
Press Release
Diabetes
Hypoglycemia is a potentially life-threatening drug event in diabetic patients and a serious risk for older individuals. A study in the September issue of JAMDA suggests that antidiabetic treatments can be improved to reduce severe hypoglycemia in...

Diabetes Management Teaching Slides

Teaching Slides
Diabetes
Physician
The teaching slides are created for the IDT in language and format that can be easily understood. The challenges of diabetes management in the PALTC setting such as the failure to review glucose logs or the reliance on sliding scale insulin...

Balance Training May Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults With T2D

January 29, 2018
AMDA in the News
Endocrinology Advisor
Diabetes, Falls
Balance training may help to reduce the risk for falls in older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) by improving reaction times, lower limb proprioception, and postural sway, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical...

Post-Meal Walks Beneficial for Diabetics

November 7, 2016
AMDA in the News
MD Magazine
Diabetes
A large body of research demonstrates that exercise can help patients with diabetes keep their blood sugar under better control. Now, a small new study from New Zealand indicates that exercising immediately after meals controls blood sugar more than...

Full Set of Clinical Practice Guidelines and 7 Pocket Guides

CPGs (Clinical Practice Guidelines)
UTI, Nutrition, Anemia, Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure, Stroke, Change of Condition, Dementia, Diabetes, Palliative Care, Falls, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Health Maintenance, Infections, Infection Prevention/Control, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Delirium, Depression, Osteoporosis, Pain Management, Parkinson's Disease, Pressure Ulcers, Sleep Disorders, Transitions of Care, Urinary Incontinence
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Full Set of Clinical Practice Guidelines (20) + 7 Pocket Guides / includes the following individual CPGs: Acute Change of Condition Altered Nutritional Status Anemia COPD Management + Pocket Guide Dehydration and Fluid Maintenance Dementia...

AMDA President Co-Authors ADA Position Statement

February 2, 2016
AMDA in the News
American Diabetes Association
Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently released their position statement, "Management of Diabetes in Long-Term Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities," and AMDA President Dr. Nsushira Pandya, MD, CMD, was a co-author. "This position statement...

Improving Diabetes Management in Long-term Care

March 2, 2015
AMDA in the News
MDNews
Long-Term Care, Diabetes, Medication, Insulin
Diabetes affects as many as one-third of patients in long-term care; however, due to the wide range of comorbidities and individual medical goals among this population, a single, standard treatment approach is not always the best response.

Diabetes Management CPG

CPGs (Clinical Practice Guidelines)
Diabetes
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Residents of post-acute and long-term care (PA/LTC) facilities who have diabetes often take multiple medications and experience frequent infections, high rates of cardiovascular complications, dehydration, hospitalizations, hyperosmolar states, and...

Diabetes Management for the Older Adult

Assisted Living Series
Assisted Living, Diabetes
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
AMDA has created a training program and tool kit for ALC staff as well as family caregivers to help them care for older adults with diabetes. Our goal is to keep these older persons with diabetes in the most independent living environment possible...

AMDA Releases List of Potentially Unnecessary Medical Tests, Procedures as Part of the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely® Campaign

September 4, 2013
Press Release
Nutrition, Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Diabetes, Infections, Medication, Insulin
Columbia, MD — AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (AMDA) has partnered with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation’s Choosing Wisely® Campaign to encourage discussions among physicians, patients, and other health care...