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Hospices Adapt to Support Patients Without Family Caregivers
Post date: June 27, 2019
Senior facilities taking extra precautions against Coronavirus
Post date: March 5, 2020
The blanket approach: Best practices for PDPM Success
Post date: August 26, 2019
Nursing homes would report medical director data to CMS under new bill
Post date: September 17, 2022
‘A great place to practice’: New AMDA president looks to advance medical directors’ influence
Post date: April 11, 2022
Sex at the Nursing Home—Why Not?
Post date: July 18, 2016
AMDA launches ‘Moving Needles’ vaccination initiative across 3 LTC organizations
Post date: August 2, 2022
End-of-Life Advice: More Than 500,000 Chat on Medicare’s Dime
Post date: August 15, 2017
Nursing Home Medical Directors Should Be Named Publicly, Bill Urges
Post date: September 22, 2022
Coalition launches to improve access...
Post date: December 21, 2022
In West Orange: Daughter Of Israel’s Medical Director Snags Award
Post date: May 5, 2017
Operator joins national immunization pilot program to prevent disease, improve care, reduce costs
Post date: August 2, 2022
EarlySense InSight™ System to Ensure Patient Safety in Healthcare Institutions
Post date: November 1, 2016
Cheat Sheets and Timely Visits: How SNFs Can Support Doctors’ Larger PDPM Role
Post date: May 3, 2019
SGIM-AMDA-AGS Consensus Best Practice Recommendations for Transitioning Patients’ Healthcare from Skilled Nursing Facilities to the Community
Post date: February 9, 2017
Why Home Care Can’t Compare to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Post date: June 29, 2017
Alzheimer’s, Regulations, and Stakeholder Input Top of Mind at Argentum Policy Institute
Post date: September 29, 2016
43 recommendations help fill gap in medical and mental healthcare guidance for assisted living, experts say
Post date: October 7, 2022
AMDA expands membership to practitioners
Post date: March 15, 2017
Benzodiazepines Linked with Increased Risk of Hip Fracture in Alzheimer’s Disease
Post date: December 2, 2016
Dr. Amanda Winters Named Life Care’s Eastern Division Physician Of The Year
Post date: March 22, 2016
AMA gets behind push for public list of nursing home medical director
Post date: June 16, 2022
Benzodiazepines and Related Drugs Increase Hip Fracture Risk in Alzheimer’s Patients
Post date: November 29, 2016
Serious Pain Afflicts a Third of Nursing Home Residents in Last Six Months of Life
Post date: June 29, 2017
Benzo Use Increases Hip Fractures In Alzheimer’s Patients
Post date: November 29, 2016
Why Won’t My Aging Mother Eat? Maybe it’s Because She’s Lonely.
Post date: January 11, 2016
It’s time we integrate medical care into assisted living
Post date: February 25, 2019
Sex in the Nursing Home
Post date: January 11, 2016
‘Historic’ $100 million Alzheimer’s bill passes in House, heads to president’s desk
Post date: December 20, 2018
AMDA resolution calls for ‘comfort feeding’ of certain residents with dementia
Post date: March 13, 2019
Northeastern Professor Named State’s Elder Affairs Head
Post date: January 11, 2016
Ease ‘churning and burning’ of staff with these strategies, experts tell LTC crowd
Post date: March 18, 2022
AMDA’s Laxton named to Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners.
Post date: August 21, 2018
Technology A ‘Use It Or Lose It’ And A ‘Move It Or Lose It’ Proposition, Study Suggests
Post date: December 22, 2015
Reduce Hospital Readmissions With Effective SNF-to-Home Transitions
Post date: April 17, 2019
Society’s Chief Medical Officer Joins Public Policy Committee for Post-Acute Care
Post date: January 10, 2016
Diversity in Age, Ethnicity of Post-Acute Residents Increasing, Research Finds
Post date: June 30, 2016
Not just a tokin’ study: New York provider explores ‘open-minded’ usage of marijuana in nursing homes
Post date: January 16, 2019
Why the Elderly Are the Fastest-Growing Pot Demographic in the U.S.
Post date: August 30, 2017
As Rates of Antipsychotic use Drop at Nursing Homes, Worries Increase for Patients
Post date: August 17, 2017
‘Talking the Talk’: Advancing End-of-Life Conversations
Post date: April 17, 2019
Brookdale Chief Medical Officer Moving to Ascension
Post date: September 13, 2016
Medical and Nurses' Groups Join Forces to Boost Long-Term Care
Post date: November 28, 2016
New York Sent Recovering Coronavirus Patients to Nursing Homes: ‘It Was a Fatal Error’
Post date: May 14, 2020
The Nurse Practitioner's Role in SNF Dementia Care
Post date: September 15, 2016
Balance Training May Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults With T2D
Post date: January 29, 2018
It’s Not Pot: What Senior Living Providers Should Know About CBD
Post date: April 30, 2019
Half of Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents go to Hospital ED Regardless of Cognitive Status
Post date: April 22, 2016
AMDA’s new COVID vaccine PowerPoint can help answer resident, staff concerns
Post date: December 9, 2020
Signature’s Chief Medical Officer: COVID-19 Crisis Will Usher in ‘New Era’ of Skilled Nursing, Post-Acute Care
Post date: March 24, 2020
Celebrating 40 Years of AMDA
Post date: April 10, 2017
When Retirement Comes With a Daily Dose of Cannabis
Post date: February 20, 2017
LTC Advise Against Incontinence Catheters
Post date: January 11, 2016
Do-Not-Hospitalize Orders Reduce Resident Transfers, Says New Study
Post date: May 18, 2017
Examining the ‘manel’ in LTC
Post date: June 27, 2019
In Long-Term Care Credentialing, Be Rigorous Yet Realistic
Post date: July 31, 2017
Improving Senior Care with Continuous Monitoring
Post date: February 16, 2016
The Positive Impact of Nutrition from Pediatrics to Geriatrics
Post date: March 22, 2016
Senior Living Team Can Help Clarify Older Adults' End-of-Life Wishes
Post date: October 5, 2016
Medical Marijuana Use on the Rise in Retirement Communities and Nursing Homes
Post date: February 21, 2017
A light in the darkness: Swati Gaur, MD, medical director
Post date: December 1, 2022
Research Points to Risk of ADL Troubles from Low Vitamin D, Muscle Weakness
Post date: January 30, 2019
Where There’s Rarely a Doctor in the House: Assisted Living
Post date: April 4, 2019
Study Says a Cognitive Intervention for Fear of Falling Gets Same Results as ‘Usual’ Care
Post date: July 26, 2019
Bonner is first non-physician elected to AMDA Board
Post date: April 24, 2018
AMDA Guidance Released on Pneumococcal Vaccination in PALTC
Post date: February 14, 2017
Obituary: Raymond Owen, MD, CMD
Post date: January 5, 2017
Incomplete End-of-Life Forms Vex Physicians
Post date: October 17, 2016
Medina-Walpole Chosen to Lead Division of Geriatrics and Aging
Post date: October 26, 2016
It's time for national standards in assisted living, authors argue
Post date: February 27, 2018
The CMS Final Rule: Twist And Shout, But We Can Work It Out
Post date: November 7, 2016
Remove Pain as 5th Vital Sign, AMA Urged
Post date: June 14, 2016
Use of Telemedicine Grows in Long-Term Care Settings
Post date: September 8, 2016
CMS Reports Success in Reducing Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs; Patient Advocates Skeptical
Post date: June 16, 2016
AMDA Committee Identifies 3 Priorities for Assisted Living
Post date: March 7, 2016
Too Old to Work Out? Think Again, Get Moving
Post date: January 11, 2016
Disaster Evacuations Deadly for Nursing Homes (JAMDA)
Post date: August 30, 2017
Dr. Rizkalla Represents N.H. at Conference
Post date: June 15, 2016
PointClickCare and gEHRiMed Strengthen Communication Among Care Providers
Post date: March 22, 2016
Geriatricians Can Help Aging Patients Navigate Multiple Ailments
Post date: February 24, 2017
A New Approach to Dementia Care
Post date: June 6, 2016
Study: Confusion on End-of-Life Forms Can Cause Elderly Patients to Receive More Emergency Care Than They May Have Wanted
Post date: September 29, 2016
UPMC Launches Telehealth Startup to Keep Nursing Home Patients Out of the Hospital
Post date: September 28, 2016
Nursing Home Staffing Shortage is a ‘Crisis on Top of a Crisis’
Post date: March 18, 2022
Falls Risk Higher for Women, Multitaskers
Post date: June 1, 2016
Bellamy Carter Brook, D.O., named certified medical director
Post date: February 7, 2017
Can A Person With Dementia Consent To Sex?
Post date: January 11, 2016
Mariner Health Central Solidifies Its Commitment to Providing Patient-Centered Consulting Services by Retaining Dr. Karl Steinberg as Its First Chief Medical Officer
Post date: May 19, 2017
Levy to Serve as Linked Senior CMO
Post date: April 12, 2016
Extreme Honesty: Medical Errors and Full Disclosure
Post date: June 1, 2016
Emergency: Is Evacuation the Best Choice?
Post date: August 30, 2017
AMDA Adds 5 Guidelines to Choosing Wisely Campaign
Post date: January 11, 2016
AMDA calls for public list of industry’s ‘underutilized’ and ‘invisible’ medical directors
Post date: March 18, 2022
Faculty Voice - Jeremiah Lopez: Connecting with an Older Population
Post date: November 29, 2016
chris@myhealthrecruiter.com
Post date: November 7, 2016
Riderwood Promotes Dr. Andrew Kundrat to Medical Director
Post date: December 22, 2015
Macon Valley Center Recognizes its Long-Term Care Physicians
Post date: January 11, 2016
Serious health threats compel AMDA to issue pneumococcal vaccine guidance
Post date: February 3, 2017
Editorial Issues a Call to Action for End-of-Life Care of Older Adults in Nursing Homes
Post date: January 11, 2016
Improving Diabetes Management in Long-term Care
Post date: January 11, 2016
Post-Meal Walks Beneficial for Diabetics
Post date: November 7, 2016
View from the Trenches: Interview with Dr. Karl Steinberg, President-Elect of AMDA
Post date: September 9, 2020
ABPLM Recertifies Dr. Robert Beitman of Cape May
Post date: March 10, 2017
Pumping Iron Could Ward Off Dementia
Post date: January 11, 2016
'Social frailty,' depression linked in study
Post date: June 28, 2018
Venerated Family Practitioner Sid E. Clevinger, MD, will be Spotlighted in The Leading Physicians of the World
Post date: September 20, 2016
AMDA Suggests White House Conference on Aging Topics
Post date: January 11, 2016
Green spaces associated with less frailty in older adults: study
Post date: July 2, 2018
Biotech Stocks Buzz
Post date: January 10, 2016
Shine a Light on Senior Health
Post date: December 7, 2016
Just 17 Percent Of Americans Approve Of Republican Senate Health Care Bill
Post date: June 29, 2017
Survey Reveals Barriers to End-of-Life, Advance Care Planning Discussions
Post date: April 15, 2016
Thomas Lawrence, MD, CMD, Appointed to Board of Directors, American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
Post date: January 10, 2016
Sunovion Announces Collaboration with AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
Post date: December 15, 2016
Docs urge opioid avoidance and tapering where possible
Post date: January 7, 2019
Get Talking: The MD Communication Game Plan
Post date: July 18, 2016
New Outline Seeks to Give Providers Balance for Antipsychotic Prescribing
Post date: November 27, 2018
‘Reverse the narrative’ on bad staff to improve nursing home accountability
Post date: March 15, 2021
Antipsychotics Worsen Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease Psychosis
Post date: January 10, 2016
Shortages threaten Trump’s plan for rapid coronavirus tests
Post date: August 10, 2020
AMDA President Co-Authors ADA Position Statement
Post date: February 11, 2016
AMDA to feds: Delay antibody treatment in nursing homes, engage LTC medical directors
Post date: November 12, 2020
Videoconferencing Between Hospital Clinicians, Nursing Home Staff Offers New Dementia Treatment
Post date: June 8, 2016
Zimmerman Named Co-Editor of JAMDA
Post date: August 30, 2017
Post-Acute and LTC docs Prepping Annual Meeting in Phoenix
Post date: March 6, 2017
Dartmouth Atlas Shows Large Regional Disparities in EOL Care
Post date: February 24, 2016
SNFs get new guide book for using telemedicine to evaluate change of status
Post date: February 6, 2019
New opioid guidelines arrive not a moment too soon
Post date: December 7, 2018
AMDA Delegates to Ponder Integrated Care Model for Assisted Living
Post date: March 10, 2017
Raucous July 4 Break Looms as Providers Cheer Delayed Vote on 'Fatally-Flawed' Senate Bill
Post date: June 28, 2017
Discharging COVID-19 Patients To Nursing Homes Called A 'Recipe For Disaster'
Post date: April 20, 2020
After Harvey Hit, One Texas Nursing Home Evacuation Began With a Gun Drawn
Post date: October 5, 2017
Dr. Linda Stropes, 68, of Indianapolis, passed away last weekend of natural causes.
Post date: January 10, 2016
Nursing Home Staff Shortages Linger as Vaccine Mandate Looms
Post date: October 29, 2021
Nursing Homes Are Starting to Supplant Hospitals as Focus of Basic Health Care
Post date: January 11, 2016
Senate Passes SGR Repeal
Post date: January 11, 2016
Sloane, Zimmerman Named New JAMDA Editors
Post date: August 30, 2017
AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to long-term care facilities
Post date: April 8, 2020
AMDA Names 2016 Medical Director of the Year
Post date: April 6, 2016
Food is Love, or The fundamentals of Long-Term Care
Post date: January 11, 2016
Assisted living finds itself at troubling crossroads
Post date: April 4, 2019
Signature HealthCARE’s new flu vaccine policy will affect everyone in every facility
Post date: September 6, 2019
Social Frailty Influences Depression, Study Says
Post date: June 28, 2018
Costly Rehab for the Dying Is on the Rise at Nursing Homes, a Study Says
Post date: October 15, 2018
PDPM: Why Medical Leadership is Critical
Post date: May 3, 2019
New CMS Waivers Eliminate ‘All Barriers’ to Telehealth in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Post date: April 1, 2020
Are nursing home residents getting badly needed COVID boosters? Here’s why it’s hard to tell.
Post date: December 8, 2021
Warner, Isakson introduce bipartisan bill to improve planning options for patients with advanced illness
Post date: January 11, 2016
Senior Living Providers Have Opportunity to Expand Behavioral Health Services
Post date: May 16, 2019
AMDA Member to Lead National Trial Aimed at Antibiotic Reduction
Post date: January 11, 2016
IU, Regenstrief investigators LaMantia and Unroe honored by American Geriatrics Society
Post date: January 11, 2016
Mandate flu vaccination for long-term care workers and residents, group recommends
Post date: October 12, 2018
Swagerty Named Chair
Post date: October 25, 2016
New Push to Stop Overuse of Antibiotics in Nursing Homes
Post date: January 10, 2016
Long-Term Care Groups Submit Comments on Draft FDA Repackaging Guidance Document
Post date: January 11, 2016
Falling for hip protectors
Post date: December 22, 2015
Hospice Agency Appoints Officer
Post date: March 7, 2016
AMDA Leads National Trial Examining Use of Antibiotics in Long-Term Care
Post date: January 11, 2016
Operators Greet Nursing Home COVID Testing Initiative with Cautious Optimism, Pointed Questions
Post date: July 16, 2020
Alzheimer's disease: Online brain training 'improves daily lives of over-60s'
Post date: January 10, 2016
There's Lots to Love About (Being) A Nursing Home Doctor
Post date: March 22, 2016
Online 'Brain Training' Can Help Older People
Post date: December 22, 2015
AMDA Honors Three
Post date: January 11, 2016
60 Seconds with Chris Laxton
Post date: October 29, 2018
A Personal Choice
Post date: January 10, 2016
Marijuana Shows Early Promise in Skilled Nursing, and Future Residents May Expect Access
Post date: January 16, 2019
Dialysis: Gauging its Need, and How to Reduce its Stress
Post date: January 11, 2016
In Race for Medicare Dollars, Nursing Home Care May Lag
Post date: January 11, 2016
Dr. Rizkalla Attends Seminar
Post date: April 25, 2016
Gov. Cuomo is still failing New York’s nursing homes
Post date: June 10, 2020
AMDA Strengthens Partnership with Gerontology Nurses
Post date: November 16, 2016
CDC Seeks to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes
Post date: January 10, 2016
Provider group ‘disappointed’ in CMS’ response following release of nursing home commission report
Post date: September 21, 2020
When GPs Should Say No
Post date: January 11, 2016
Error Rates on Rapid Covid-19 Tests Put Nursing Homes on Edge
Post date: July 27, 2020
Flu Shot Mandates for Nursing Home Staff Urged as Covid Persists
Post date: August 28, 2020
Panel identifies how to gauge primary care quality in nursing homes
Post date: October 16, 2018
New COVID-19 ‘heat map’ will arm providers in fight for PPE and testing, AMDA says
Post date: April 29, 2020
Dr. Nathaniel H. Copeland, 95, accomplished physician
Post date: November 1, 2016
CMS Launches Program for Funding Resident Safety and Quality
Post date: December 7, 2018
Findings on Health Care Management Discussed by Investigators at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Post date: January 11, 2016
JAMDA Study IDs Readmission Spike
Post date: January 21, 2016
Dr. Phyllis Gaspar Appointed National Director Of Research And Development For The Goodman Group
Post date: January 11, 2016
AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to long-term care facilities
Post date: March 30, 2020
Nursing Homes Face Fines, Lawsuits Unless They Test for COVID-19 — But Access Often Out of Their Hands
Post date: June 9, 2020
Reform policies ‘double down’ on decades-long failures, LTC physicians warn
Post date: March 18, 2022
Minnix on Leaving: Nonprofits Will Continue to Lead the Way
Post date: January 11, 2016
Not an Onion Study: Underpowered Analysis Of Poor Quality Data Finds Antipsychotics Actually Aren’t Linked To Increased Risk Of Death In The Elderly
Post date: January 11, 2016
Pill Problem: UPMC leads antibiotic overuse research
Post date: January 10, 2016
Dr. Joe Leverett Awarded Tampa Bay Trophy
Post date: November 1, 2016
Medical directors ‘woefully’ underused, unengaged in long-term care settings: researchers
Post date: December 6, 2019
Why telehealth isn’t in nursing homes
Post date: August 26, 2019
Technology Bytes
Post date: January 10, 2016
400 Nursing Homes Have Closed Since Landmark 1987 Oversight Law — While Care Generally Improved
Post date: February 12, 2020
AMDA endorses a national medical order to honor frail residents’ wishes
Post date: July 7, 2020
Landmark Marijuana Legislation Moves through Congress
Post date: December 5, 2019
Plan Will Push Care Planning
Post date: January 11, 2016
Rising Obesity Rates Put Strain on Nursing Homes
Post date: December 22, 2015
3 Tools to Reduce Hospitalizations
Post date: December 22, 2015
Nursing home doctors recommend ways to reduce COVID-19 deaths as prospect of ‘second wave’ looms
Post date: June 9, 2020
ABIM Foundation Announces New Choosing Wisely Champions Program
Post date: March 11, 2016
A Comprehensive Excellence Framework for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
Post date: January 11, 2016
New Rehabilitation Study Findings Reported from Wonkwang University
Post date: January 11, 2016
CAUGHT … RED HANDED?
Post date: December 2, 2019
Long-term care group recommends mandatory vaccinations during flu season
Post date: September 11, 2018
Adequate, consistent staffing necessary for senior living and care: AMDA
Post date: August 2, 2021
Study: Statins Cost-Effective for Older Patients
Post date: January 11, 2016
Providers Applaud CMS Proposal to Cover Advance Care Planning
Post date: January 11, 2016
PALTC Providers Develop Smarter Pot Policies
Post date: December 4, 2018
AMDA Announces 2016-2017 Board of Directors
Post date: April 6, 2016
AMDA: Study Suggests Frailty As a Predictor of Readmission and Mortality in Heart Failure
Post date: November 19, 2018
Research Links Frailty to Income Stress in Older Women
Post date: February 24, 2016
Residents with behavioral issues have higher hospitalization risk than those with Alzheimer’s, dementia: study
Post date: October 31, 2019
New Medicare coverage for COVID-19 antibody treatment can be ‘really helpful’ for nursing homes
Post date: November 12, 2020
AMDA: Don’t prescribe Aduhelm to long-term care residents without more testing
Post date: July 1, 2021
The new Pain Management in the PALTC Setting Clinical Practice Guideline is FREE when you join AMDA
Post date: November 8, 2021
What’s in a primary diagnosis?
Post date: April 15, 2020
New COVID-19 guidance stresses diligence, common sense
Post date: March 3, 2020
Death Rates Higher in For-Profit Nursing Homes, Report Says
Post date: January 10, 2016
Choosing Wisely Champions Program Announced
Post date: March 11, 2016
Geriatrics may be a ‘stealth’ family-friendly profession
Post date: August 26, 2019
Signature Healthcare LLC will require employees, residents and visitors to get or prove they have received a flu shot.
Post date: September 6, 2019
Unconscionable’ CMS services cuts may hamstring providers, LTC advocates say
Post date: December 3, 2020
Profile: Naushira Pandya, MD
Post date: January 10, 2016
UPMC doctor: Nursing homes need more federal help for COVID-19 testing, PPE
Post date: September 29, 2020
Providers facing ‘financial turmoil’ from coronavirus; universal testing requires funding, organization says
Post date: May 20, 2020
Free Town Hall Meeting on Long-Term Care Co-Hosted by University of Louisville on March 21
Post date: January 11, 2016
Training to Spot Frailty Risk
Post date: January 18, 2017
FSU College of Medicine Gets Geriatrics Grant
Post date: January 11, 2016
Study: Prioritize diagnosis for dysphagia
Post date: March 19, 2019
Require COVID-19 vaccination of all long-term care workers: Experts reach consensus
Post date: July 14, 2021
Senior living and care industry leaders speak out against racial inequity in COVID-19 pandemic, society
Post date: June 5, 2020
Without Funding and Resources, CMS’s New Nursing Home Testing Guidance ‘Hollow’
Post date: May 21, 2020
30th Annual Brevard County Long Term Care Symposium Set For Nov. 6
Post date: August 6, 2019
AMDA Formally Backs Adoption of National POLST Form
Post date: July 18, 2020
Study Suggests Changes in Efforts to Gauge Infections in Residents
Post date: January 10, 2020
State Actions, Lack of Collaboration During COVID-19 Peaks ‘Threw Nursing Homes into Chaos’
Post date: July 17, 2020
AMDA: OK to comfort feed
Post date: December 10, 2019
Physicians Step Up as Initiatives Change Nursing Home Care
Post date: January 11, 2016
CMS Proposes Physician Reimbursement for End-of-Lfe Discussions
Post date: January 11, 2016
Nursing-home workers have a vaccine problem
Post date: July 29, 2021
When less is more: The role of deprescribing and art of medication management
Post date: July 29, 2021
View From the Trenches: Interview with Dr. Leslie Eber
Post date: March 18, 2022
Coronavirus has reached long-term care. Prepare, don’t panic
Post date: March 2, 2020
Provider groups develop heat map to aid coronavirus response; FEMA to deliver PPE
Post date: April 29, 2020
AMDA Announces 2016-2017 Board of Directors
Post date: April 6, 2016
Check Memory Sooner: Group
Post date: January 10, 2016
Listening wins again: Music therapy for dementia care
Post date: September 10, 2018
Opposition to Nursing Home Abuse Icon Grows as Group Warns of ‘Unintended Consequences’
Post date: December 2, 2019
A Shout-Out at White House Forum
Post date: January 10, 2016
New ‘weapon in our arsenal’: Antibody drug cuts COVID risk by 80 percent in LTC residents
Post date: January 29, 2021
Bipartisan lawmakers revive observation stay legislation pushed by nursing homes
Post date: March 15, 2019
Griffith joins Hattiesburg Clinic Family Medicine
Post date: June 16, 2016
Assessing Dehydration Requires a Uniform Approach, Study Says
Post date: August 29, 2018
LTC docs urge peers to rapidly increase use of COVID-19 antibody drugs
Post date: November 3, 2021
RAFT model reduced hospitalizations of nursing home residents by 31%, study finds
Post date: August 14, 2019
Federal report offers crisis strategies for LTC providers
Post date: September 29, 2020
Telemedicine could keep older patients out of the hospital. So why hasn't it taken off?
Post date: August 21, 2019
Medical Group of the Carolinas Welcomes New Physicians
Post date: January 10, 2016
New York nursing homes rank poorly on staffing
Post date: November 17, 2021
$10.5 million AMDA, CDC partnership aims to improve vaccination rates in senior living, other settings
Post date: September 21, 2021
Nursing homes increase capacity to care for residents after COVID-19 hospitalization
Post date: June 24, 2020
CMS Rule Requires Nursing Home Staff to be Tested for COVID-19
Post date: August 28, 2020
AMDA Names New Officers, Board Members
Post date: January 11, 2016
With new nursing home guidelines, card games with grandpa are back, regardless of your vaccination status
Post date: March 13, 2021
COVID-19 Infection Prevention and the Medical Director
Post date: July 9, 2020
First national LTC group endorses nationwide end-of-life care form
Post date: July 7, 2020
Care of nursing home residents a major concern if workers go on strike amid COVID-19 pandemic
Post date: May 11, 2020
Improved staff flu vaccination rates benefits everyone in LTC
Post date: August 29, 2018
‘Flat-Out Resistant’ Staffers Imperil Nursing Home Vaccine Goal
Post date: June 22, 2021
How to solve the COVID-19 crisis in long-term care? Reform the system for one, AMDA advises
Post date: July 22, 2020
New Recommendations Out on Comfort Feeding for Residents with Advanced Dementia
Post date: November 21, 2019
BREAKING: FDA approves first drug to slow Alzheimer’s in controversial decision
Post date: June 8, 2021
LTC coalition ramps up fight against sending COVID-19 patients to nursing homes; coronavirus deals blow to facilities
Post date: April 8, 2020
New York Providers Offer COVID-19 Lessons on Resident Care
Post date: August 3, 2020
CDC releases updated consolidated testing guidelines for nursing homes
Post date: June 17, 2020
Push to Reduce Antipsychotic Drugs in Nursing Homes May Have Boosted Costly Hospitalizations
Post date: October 28, 2019
AMDA's Annual Conference is Going Virtual Conference recordings now included with your registration!
Post date: March 31, 2020
Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes Read more: The Gilmer Mirror - Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes
Post date: March 30, 2020
Assisted living should be included in solution to COVID-19 crisis in long-term care
Post date: July 22, 2020
How to protect older people from the coronavirus
Post date: March 16, 2020
More Families Are Using Nanny Cams to Watch Elderly Loved Ones, Raising Ethical Questions
Post date: September 17, 2019
As coronavirus death count rises, Florida nursing homes still face testing challenges
Post date: April 29, 2020
Protecting Staff and Resident Health Requires a Comprehensive Staff Immunization Program—During Flu Season and Beyond
Post date: January 24, 2020
Low-tech program helps assisted living residents socialize, med students learn during pandemic
Post date: March 15, 2021
ADVault Disrupts Person-centered Care with Multiple Milestones
Post date: January 22, 2020
Nursing Home Outbreak Spotlights Coronavirus Risk In Elder Care Facilities
Post date: March 2, 2020
Published consensus statement offers UTI treatment recommendations
Post date: March 19, 2020
AMDA aims for 25 percent meds reduction in data-sharing deprescribing campaign
Post date: May 7, 2021
AMDA announces 2020-2021 Board of Directors
Post date: April 9, 2020
Looking to Tackle Prescription Overload
Post date: June 7, 2021
Nursing Homes Face Unique Challenge with Coronavirus
Post date: March 16, 2020
RAFT Model Cuts Emergency Department Transfers in SNF Population
Post date: August 19, 2019
Handling COVID-19 in nursing facilities: AMDA offers lessons from New York State
Post date: June 8, 2020
AMDA 2020 headed to the Windy City in April
Post date: December 6, 2019
AMDA urges safe, thoughtful approach in new reopening guidance
Post date: March 3, 2021
Diagnostic Testing for SARS-Coronavirus-2 in the Nursing Facility: Recommendations of a Delphi Panel of Long-Term Care Clinicians
Post date: June 1, 2020
States impose coronavirus rules for long-term care; AMDA, ACHCA conferences affected by COVID-19
Post date: March 12, 2020
Researchers develop model to predict readmission risk from SNFs
Post date: September 6, 2019
AMDA: Address key questions to reap benefits of universal COVID-19 testing
Post date: May 21, 2020
Staffing challenges are easy to see, hard to fix
Post date: August 5, 2021
AMDA national meet Chicago-bound April 2-5
Post date: February 7, 2020
U.S. Offers Guide for Reopening Nursing Homes
Post date: May 20, 2020
When will it be safe to visit your mom in a nursing home after coronavirus lockdowns?
Post date: May 11, 2020
AMDA's Annual Conference is Going Virtual Conference recordings now included with your registration!
Post date: March 31, 2020
High-Dose Flu Vaccine Curbs Hospitalizations for Long-Stay SNF Residents, Study Says
Post date: July 24, 2019
Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes
Post date: April 1, 2020
Undercounted New York Nursing Home Deaths Revive Debate on Controversial Andrew Cuomo Order
Post date: January 29, 2021
JAMDA publishes study backing EarlySense use
Post date: June 4, 2020
This too shall pass! PALTC is united
Post date: March 31, 2020
High-dose flu vaccines reduce hospitalizations, overall Medicare costs in nursing homes
Post date: August 1, 2019
A whole new world: 15% growth in post-acute care among 30-year nursing home industry changes
Post date: February 12, 2020
How New York, Florida and other states handled COVID-19 threat to nursing homes differently
Post date: June 1, 2020
Pittsburgh doctor joins federal commission to protect nursing homes from future outbreaks
Post date: July 1, 2020
How One Nursing Home Stopped a COVID-19 Outbreak
Post date: June 3, 2020
US nursing home COVID-19 outbreak highlights close-quarter spread
Post date: March 4, 2020
Nursing Homes Struggling to Get a Handle on COVID-19
Post date: April 27, 2020
While Recognizing Dangers, California Tells Nursing Homes to Prepare for COVID-19 Patients [UPDATED]
Post date: March 23, 2020
AMDA: Abuse icon violates patient safety principle
Post date: December 2, 2019
Coronavirus exposes gaps in infection controls for senior-care homes
Post date: March 9, 2020
AMDA, ADVault Partner on advance care planning
Post date: June 3, 2020
Coronavirus: How bad is the crisis in US care homes?
Post date: July 13, 2020
What Drives PDPM
Post date: February 12, 2020
Coronavirus Scare Likely to Boost Telehealth Adoption Among Home-Based Care Providers
Post date: March 11, 2020
Comfort feeding OK for those with advanced dementia, regardless of advance directives: AMDA
Post date: November 18, 2019
LTC Providers Require More Funding, PPE, Tests as States Weigh Reopening Moves
Post date: May 7, 2020
Lessons from COVID-19: Prioritize infection prevention and control for PALTC
Post date: January 19, 2022
Opinion piece: Expand role of medical directors
Post date: December 10, 2019
Telemedicine decreases ED use by senior living residents with dementia: study
Post date: August 13, 2019
Assisted living communities left out of state COVID-19 testing, data initiatives
Post date: May 20, 2020
Providers happy nursing homes are among White House’s top priorities but disheartened at approach
Post date: March 18, 2022
Feds Under Pressure to Publicly Track Nursing Home Outbreaks
Post date: April 16, 2020
Assisted living communities have special considerations in COVID-19 battle, JAMDA authors say
Post date: May 13, 2020
On-Site Ombudsmen Lead to More Skilled Nursing Deficiencies on Surveys
Post date: October 18, 2019
Geriatric Medical Skills: Essential to Care
Post date: February 6, 2020
Behavioral Issues Impact Hospitalization Risk: Study
Post date: October 31, 2019
Coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes rise sharply in L.A. County
Post date: April 8, 2020
Antipsychotic Initiators with Alzheimer Disease Accumulate Longer Hospital Stays
Post date: October 9, 2019
TECHNOLOGY Coronavirus Scare Likely to Boost Telehealth Adoption Among Home-Based Care Providers
Post date: March 10, 2020
UPMC Doctors Give Advice On How To Stay Healthy As Coronavirus Spreads
Post date: March 10, 2020
Some Nursing Home Staff Shunning Vaccine as Many Get 2nd Dose
Post date: February 2, 2021
Micronutrient levels linked to how healthfully we age
Post date: September 6, 2019
Worried about coronavirus? If your loved one is over 60, read this
Post date: March 12, 2020
Older adults may bear most of the burden if coronavirus spreads
Post date: March 3, 2020
'It makes no sense': Feds consider relaxing infection control in US nursing homes
Post date: May 4, 2020
Nursing homes in Philadelphia and New Jersey report 17 cases of the new coronavirus. What should happen now?
Post date: March 25, 2020
National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Newsletter
Post date: June 18, 2021
AMDA lends new expertise to MyDirectives platform
Post date: October 17, 2019
Needing Room for Coronavirus Patients, Massachusetts Seeks to Clear Out Some Nursing Homes
Post date: March 30, 2020
Finding a life RAFT for avoiding hospitalizations
Post date: August 21, 2019
Nursing home the site of first US coronavirus outbreak: 1 dead, 4 hospitalized
Post date: March 2, 2020
Covid-19 Testing Mandates For Assisted Living Raise Questions About Access, Cost
Post date: May 20, 2020
This too shall pass! PALTC is united
Post date: April 8, 2020
Avoiding Panic, Educating Staff Keys to Surviving Coronavirus Scare
Post date: March 6, 2020
COVID-19: Children and Elderly are Special Populations for which UPMC is Prepared
Post date: March 16, 2020
Hip protectors reduce risk of fractures by threefold, study finds
Post date: December 2, 2019
Ombudsman presence could worsen survey outcomes for nursing homes, study finds
Post date: October 21, 2019
Officials: Precautions in place for vulnerable populations in region
Post date: March 16, 2020
AMDA urges clinicians to ensure eldercare facilities are “the last to open”
Post date: May 7, 2020
Not just opioids: Multidimensional pain requires multipronged treatment, study finds
Post date: June 24, 2021
AMDA leadership weighs in on DEA’s telehealth medicine rules debate
Post date: August 17, 2023
Is it time to reimagine assisted living? These industry experts say yes
Post date: March 18, 2022
Members of Congress Urge White House to Investigate Price Gouging From Staffing Agencies
Post date: March 18, 2022
How the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Rulings Could Shape the Pandemic’s Next Phase
Post date: March 18, 2022
COVID cases rise among nursing home staff, NIC says; AMDA releases new guidance
Post date: March 18, 2022
This too shall pass! PALTC is united
Post date: April 8, 2020