During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth went from being a bit player in health care to taking center stage. This wasn’t really a surprise to AMDA or Telehealth Subcommittee Chair Dallas Nelson, MD, FACP, CMD.
Clinical observations and studies of retrospective observer ratings point to changes in personality in persons with cognitive impairment or dementia. The timing and magnitude of such changes, however, are unclear. This study used prospective self-reported data to examine the trajectories of personality tra...
The aim of the study was to compare quantitative and qualitative ultrasound parameters between healthy young adults and post-acute hospitalized older adults with and without physical disability, as well as between normal weight and overweight/obese persons.
The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) is a multicomponent delirium prevention program targeting delirium risk factors of cognitive impairment, vision and hearing impairment, malnutrition and dehydration, immobility, sleep deprivation, and medications. We created a odified and xtended version of the progra...
Research shows advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) embedded in nursing homes (NHs) reduce resident hospitalizations. However, the specific APRN activities that reduce hospitalizations have not been adequately investigated. This study aims to identify the causal links between APRN activities and NHs...
Michael Wasserman, MD, CMD, is uniquely qualified for his role as State Presidents Council Representative on the AMDA Board of Directors. As a past president of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine (CALTCM), he and his chapter have demonstrated loud and clear that it is possible to raise a...