JAMDA
April 24, 2024
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JAMDA
April 24, 2024
A Moratorium on the Euphemism MAID
It is essential for high-quality health care for providers to adhere to the principle of truth telling, speaking with clarity and honesty. The euphemism , MAID, is being mainstreamed in the medical literature by proponents of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. This trend is deleterious because MAID...
JAMDA
April 22, 2024
A Scoping Review of Dementia Interventions in Home-Based Primary Care
Home-based primary care (HBPC) provides interdisciplinary, longitudinal, comprehensive care at home to homebound older adults. The prevalence of dementia among HBPC recipients is approximately 50%. To date, little research has been performed to determine whether dementia-specific interventions have been co...
Policy Snapshot
April 19, 2024
Quarterly National Stakeholder Call with CMS Leadership on Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Please join Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how the agency’s cross-cutting initiatives are advancing the CMS Strategic Plan.
Policy Snapshot
April 19, 2024
AMDA Expresses Opposition to Anti-DEI Programs in Medical Schools Legislation
Last week, AMDA, along with 27 other national medical organizations, sent a letter of opposition to Sens. John Kennedy (R-LA) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) for their bill, the “Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education Act (EDUCATE).” The bill would prohibit graduate med...
JAMDA
April 18, 2024
Using interRAI Assessment for Research: Developing a National Research Agenda in Aotearoa New Zealand
interRAI provides a suite of standardized, validated instruments used to assess health and psychosocial well-being, and to inform person-centered care planning. Data obtained from these standardized tools can also be used at a population level for research and to inform policy, and interRAI is currently us...
PALTmed In The News
April 18, 2024
How new long-term care models and tech can cut into billions spent on rehospitalizations
Nursing homes are on the frontier of new care models and technology solutions that have the potential to save billions of dollars in healthcare costs. That was the consensus from experts who also issued cautions at a PALTC24 annual conference session hosted recently by AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and...
Spotlight
April 18, 2024
Volunteerism Is Second Nature for New AMDA Vice President
Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, was in the throes of helping to plan the Colorado Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (CMDA) Annual Conference as she jumped into her role as AMDA’s 2024-2025 vice president. This may sound overwhelming, but not for her. She was raised to be a volunteer leader. “I saw m...
JAMDA
April 18, 2024
Reported Unmet Hearing Aid Need in Older People With Dementia: The US National Core Indicators Survey
Hearing aids have important health benefits for older adults with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD); however, hearing aid adoption in this group is low. This study aimed to determine where to target hearing aid interventions for American long-term care recipients with ADRD by examining the ass...
JAMDA
April 18, 2024
