JAMDA
June 9, 2021
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Spotlight
March 15, 2024
2024 Medical Director of the Year Is No Stranger to Hard Work, Focus, Leadership
During PALTC24 last week, Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD, was honored as Medical Director of the Year. While she may have been surprised to receive this award, her colleagues weren’t. She is known as a leader, a collaborator, a team player, an educator, an innovator, and a friend.
JAMDA
January 25, 2019
Standards for the Use of Telemedicine for Evaluation and Management of Resident Change of Condition in the Nursing Home
This document offers guidance to clinicians and facilities on the use of telemedicine to deliver medically necessary evaluation and management of change of condition for nursing home residents.
JAMDA
November 22, 2016
Pilot Evaluation of the Informant AD8 as a Case-Finding Instrument for Cognitive Impairment in General Practitioner Clinics of Singapore: A Brief Report
Case-finding services using a composite total risk score (TRS) and the informant AD8 have been previously recommended to detect cognitive impairment (CI) in government subsidized primary health care centers of Singapore (ie, polyclinics).
Spotlight
March 31, 2025
Medical Director of the Year: Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future
William Mercer, MD, CMD, the 2025 Medical Director of the Year, vividly remembers how he got involved with post-acute and long-term care and with PALTmed (then known as AMDA). The local hospital, which had a long-term care skilled unit, approached him and asked if he’d like to be the medical director. He w...
Spotlight
January 5, 2023
New JAMDA Editors-in-Chief Look to Build on Prestigious Legacy
Bringing together their extensive experience, knowledge, and connections, new JAMDA Editors-in-Chief Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, and Paul Katz, MD, CMD, are ready to hit the ground running on a new era of post-acute and long-term care journal publishing.
Spotlight
October 10, 2024
From Awkward to Engaging: Toolkit Promotes Productive Conversations
Advance care planning is an essential part of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). However, conversations with patients and family members about a serious illness, palliative care, and hospice can be stressful, challenging, and awkward. The Serious Illness Messaging Toolkit was created to ease the stress...
Spotlight
May 31, 2023
2023 Pattee Honorees Are Career Educators Who Inspire Others
Receiving an award from your colleagues is always gratifying, but even more so when you are inspired by the person for whom an award was named. Such is the case with Philip Sloane, MD, MPH, who, along with Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, received the 2023 James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education.
JAMDA
July 5, 2017
Use of Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment for Heart Failure Patients During Postacute Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Individuals with heart failure (HF) who are hospitalized and admitted to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are at high risk for rehospitalization and death. The care preferences of this high-risk population have not been studied.
JAMDA
May 13, 2022