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Study: Heart Failure Patients at Greatest Readmission Risk Immediately After SNF Discharge to Home

April 24, 2019
Press Release
Falls, Risk
Patients with heart failure who are discharged home after a skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay are at greatest risk for readmission in the first two days, according to a study in the April issue of JAMDA. However, this risk is lessened with longer...

chris@myhealthrecruiter.com

July 15, 2015
AMDA in the News
Alternet
Alzheimer’s Disease, Resident, Risk
The Hebrew Home at Riverdale has been recognized as one of the best nursing homes in the country. The facility offers an onsite audiology clinic, 24-hour nursing care, occupational therapy and more. Among the services offered in that extended list...

Study: Confusion on End-of-Life Forms Can Cause Elderly Patients to Receive More Emergency Care Than They May Have Wanted

September 28, 2016
AMDA in the News
University at Buffalo the State University of New York
End-of-Life Care, Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST), End-of-Life, Patient Centered, Resident, Risk
In recent years, Physicians’ Orders for Life Sustaining Treatments (POLST) forms have been seen as an important way to honor the end-of-life wishes of frail elderly or terminally ill patients who cannot speak for themselves. But while the goal of...

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...