Policy Snapshot
March 1, 2024
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JAMDA
November 15, 2020
Health Profiles, Health Services Use, and Transition to Dementia in Inpatients With Late-Life Depression and Other Mental Illnesses
Depression has been reported as a risk factor for dementia. We compared health and health service use profiles in older people hospitalized with late-life depression and older people hospitalized with other mental illnesses and examined the transition to dementia.
JAMDA
August 30, 2017
What Works to Improve and Manage Fecal Incontinence in Care Home Residents Living With Dementia? A Realist Synthesis of the Evidence
The prevalence of fecal incontinence (FI) in care homes is estimated to range from 30% to 50%. There is limited evidence of what is effective in the reduction and management of FI in care homes. Using realist synthesis, 6 potential program theories of what should work were identified. These addressed clini...
Practice Resource
February 17, 2026
The Role of the Medical Director in Facility Assessment
This paper provides an exploration of the facility assessment process in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC), emphasizing the critical role of the medical director.
News Release
July 13, 2022
AMDA Executive Director Chris Laxton Retiring in April 2023
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine announces that longtime Executive Director Christopher E. Laxton, CAE, will retire in April 2023. While saddened by his departure, the organization is extremely grateful for his service over the past 10 years.
Policy Snapshot
October 18, 2024
CMS Finalizes New Medicare Appeal Rights for Hospital Status Changes
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare Program: Appeal Rights for Certain Changes in Patient Status rule. This final rule establishes an appeal process for Medicare beneficiaries admitted as hospital inpatients but later reclassified as outpatients receiving...
Policy Snapshot
October 21, 2022
CMS Strengthens Oversight of Nation's Poorest Performing Nursing Homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is increasing scrutiny and oversight over the country’s poorest-performing nursing facilities in an effort to immediately improve the care they deliver.
JAMDA
October 15, 2021
Public Reporting of Adverse Events From Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Persons and People With Disability in Ireland 2013-2019: Development of an Openly Accessible Database and Descriptive Analyses
To describe the development of an analyzable database of statutory notifications received from long-term care facilities (LTCFs) and to describe trends in receipt of notifications from 2013 to 2019.
JAMDA
January 25, 2019
B-vitamins in Relation to Depression in Older Adults Over 60 Years of Age: The Trinity Ulster Department of Agriculture (TUDA) Cohort Study
Mental health disorders are major contributors to disease burden in older people. Deficient status of folate and the metabolically related B vitamins may be implicated in these conditions. This study aimed to investigate folate, vitamin B, vitamin B, and riboflavin in relation to depression and anxiety in ...
JAMDA
December 14, 2022