JAMDA
March 11, 2014
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Chapter Event
Oct 23, 2025 8:00 am - Oct 26, 2025 12:13 pm
FMDA's 34th Annual Conference
Orlando, FLThis conference is designed to educate physicians, advanced practice nurses, senior care pharmacists, consultant pharmacists, physician assistants, directors of nursing in LTC, registered nurses, and long-term care administrators; as well as geriatricians, primary care and home care physicians, physicians considering becoming long-term care medical directors, hospice medical directors, or home care medical directors; and others with an interest in PALTC and its continuum of care. The faculty includes national and regional authorities in the fields of post-acute and long-term care medicine, medical direction, senior care pharmacology, and geriatric medicine. This program is designed to provide a review and update of major geriatric diseases, illnesses, and risks found in nursing home patients, residents of assisted living facilities, those under hospice care, and seniors living at home.
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Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)
Acute Change of Condition CPG
In the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting a primary goal of identifying acute change of conditions (ACOC) is to enable staff to evaluate and manage a patient at the facility and avoid the transfer to a hospital or emergency room. To achieve this goal, the facility's staff and practitioners ...
JAMDA
July 5, 2015
Daily (In)Activities of Nursing Home Residents in Their Wards: An Observation Study
Research shows that nursing home residents are largely inactive. This inactivity negatively influences physical fitness, and participation in daily activities is known to have a positive influence on physical function and quality of life. Existing research does not provide sufficient insight into the daily...
JAMDA
January 11, 2021
Health Care Costs and Utilization Predictions by the Skilled Nursing Facility Readmission Risk Instrument
Health care providers at hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are increasingly expected to optimize care of post-acute patients to reduce hospital readmissions and contain costs. To achieve these goals, providers need to understand their patients’ risk of hospital readmission and how this risk i...
JAMDA
April 19, 2014
Computer-Assisted Direct Observation of Behavioral Agitation, Engagement, and Affect in Long-Term Care Residents
The objectives of the current research were (1) to test and evaluate the investigator-designed Behavior, Engagement, and Affect Measure (BEAM) touchpad direct observational data collection tool, and (2) to implement this tool to investigate residents' patterns of behavioral agitation, engagement, affe...
JAMDA
June 15, 2020
The Effects of ARBs, ACEis, and Statins on Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi), angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (“statins”) have been hypothesized to affect COVID-19 severity. However, up to now, no studies investigating this association have been conducted in the most vulnerable and affected po...
JAMDA
August 10, 2019
Exergaming as a Physical Exercise Strategy Reduces Frailty in People With Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
People with dementia are known to be physically frailer, more sedentary, and participate less in regular physical exercise compared to their healthy peers. Physical activity interventions have the potential to reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults. Exergaming combines physical exer...
Chapter Event
Nov 07, 2024 12:30 pm - Nov 08, 2024 4:30 pm
MAGIC Annual Conference
St. Paul, MNThe MAGIC conference annually convenes clinicians in geriatrics to explore a wide range of topic including: Alzheimer's disease/dementia, THC/CBD, deprescribing, antipsychotic use, BEERS criteria, STOPP/START criteria, managing anxiety, delirium, behaviors (both pharmacological and non-pharmacological), MN Medication Repository Program, and other topics related to pharmacological interventions.