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JAMDA

July 20, 2021

Medical Decision-Making Practices for Unrepresented Residents in Nursing Homes

Unrepresented adults are individuals who lack decision-making capacity and have neither an available surrogate decision maker nor an applicable advance directive. Currently, the prevalence of unrepresented nursing home (NH) residents and how medical decisions are made is unknown. We examined (1) the preval...
Spotlight

May 4, 2026

Medical Director of the Year Believes in Cultivating an Interest in PALTC Medicine

Iris Boettcher, MD, CMD, FPALTC, has been a member of PALTmed since 1989 (back when it was known as AMDA) and has attended many of the organization’s annual conferences over the years. One of her favorite events has always been the general session where the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PAL...