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Spotlight
May 9, 2024
It’s only May, and Dallas Nelson, MD, FACP, CMD, has already had a busy year. She received AMDA’s Medical Director of the Year Award at PALTC24 in March, and she also became the Society’s new secretary during the conference. Some people would take a minute to sit back and celebrate their accomplishments, b...
JAMDA
February 23, 2021
JAMDA
April 27, 2023
JAMDA
July 27, 2023
In recent years, health care providers and the general public in the United States have gained a greater awareness of Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) as a last resort option to escape from unbearable suffering, thanks to a growing number of publications, books, and documentaries. However, ...
JAMDA
October 29, 2023
Medications with a higher risk of harm or that are unlikely to be beneficial are used by nearly all older patients in home health care (HHC). The objective of this study was to understand stakeholders’ perspectives on challenges in deprescribing these medications for post-acute HHC patients.
JAMDA
July 28, 2020
The contemporary long-term care provider and interdisciplinary team are well aware of the recent focus on antibiotic use in their settings. Regulatory changes implemented by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beginning in 2016 have required long-term care settings to look at antibiotic use in a mor...
JAMDA
February 23, 2017
Caring for the Ages
May 6, 2020
Policy Snapshot
March 15, 2024
On March 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the Change Healthcare/Optum payment disruption accelerated and advance payments. These detail what services qualify for accelerated and advance payments, application criteria, repaymen...
JAMDA
August 4, 2022
To explore changes in advance care plans of nursing home residents with dementia following pneumonia, and factors associated with changes. Second, to explore factors associated with the person perceived by elderly care physicians as most influential in advance treatment decision making.