Podcast
March 30, 2023
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JAMDA
March 21, 2023
Trends in Risk-Adjusted Initiation and Reduction of Opioid Use among Veterans With Dementia in US Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers
Proper initiation and reduction of opioids is important in providing effective and safe pain relief to Veterans with dementia, including in Community Living Centers (CLCs). We examined the trends in aggregated monthly risk-adjusted opioid administration days and dosage over 3 opioid safety regulatory perio...
Press Release
March 15, 2023
Annual Cowles, Morley, and Gladstone Media and Authorship Awards Presented During PALTC23
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine presented three awards recognizing excellence in PALTC media and writing during its PALTC23 Annual Conference in Tampa, FL. Alan Horowitz, JD, RN, was the recipient of the Carey Cowles Award. Jacqueline K. Yuen, MD, of the Division of Ge...
Spotlight
February 23, 2023
New AMDA Course: Improve Psychiatric Outcomes with Skills, Competencies
This new course is designed to provide participants with information about addressing dementia and related behaviors, psychotropic prescribing safety, performing medication reviews, and caring for those residents with major chronic psychiatric illnesses.
JAMDA
February 22, 2023
State Variation in Antipsychotic Use Among Assisted Living Residents With Dementia
More than two-thirds of assisted living (AL) residents have dementia or cognitive impairment and antipsychotics are commonly prescribed for behavioral disturbances. As AL communities are regulated by state-level policies, which vary significantly regarding the care for people with dementia, we examined how...
Podcast
February 2, 2023
Optimizing Use of Gabapentin (D2D Special Edition)
JAMDA
January 3, 2023
Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Patients With Multimorbidity According to LESS-CHRON and STOPPFrail Criteria
LESS-CHRON (List of Evidence-Based Deprescribing for Chronic Patients) and STOPPFrail (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions in Frail adults with limited life expectancy) are criterion-based deprescribing tools. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicati...
Podcast
December 23, 2022
JAMDA On-The-Go | December 2022 | Deprescribing, infection control...
Podcast
December 12, 2022
JAMDA On-The-Go | November 2022 | Nursing home staffing and resident outcomes...
JAMDA
October 27, 2022
Patterns of Antipsychotic Dispensation to Long-Term Care Residents
To describe dispensing patterns of antipsychotic medications to long-term care (LTC) residents and assess factors associated with continuation of an antipsychotic after a fall-related hospitalization.
Tools, knowledge, and recognition to improve vaccination rates and protect residents and staff.
