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JAMDA
April 10, 2020
Practical Steps to Improve Air Flow in Long-Term Care Resident Rooms to Reduce COVID-19 Infection Risk
The potential for spread of COVID-19 infections in skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care sites poses new challenges for nursing home administrators to protect patients and staff. It is anticipated that as acute care hospitals reach capacity, nursing homes may retain COVID-19 infected resident...
Policy Snapshot
March 12, 2025
Statement from PALTmed: Medicaid is Vital for Vulnerable Seniors in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
Nearly everyone in America has someone they care about who has needed the services and care provided in a skilled nursing facility, nursing home, or assisted living facility. The impact that decreased Medicaid funding can have on the quality of care provided to frail older adults residing in post-acute car...
News Release
November 17, 2023
New CMS Rules is a Victory for Medical Director Transparency
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a final rule calling for nursing homes to disclose specific ownership and managerial information—including skilled nursing facility medical directors. AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has been advocating for...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)
Transitions of Care CPG
Transitions of care involves the movement of a patient between care settings and the transfer of information with them to facilitate a seamless continuum of care and to enable patients’ wishes to be followed - no matter where in the continuum of care they are. This is an important issue, as care for today’...
Spotlight
July 27, 2023
The Past, Present, and Future of Deprescribing
AMDA’s Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) initiative put practitioners behind the wheel on medication optimization. During a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, guest host Jennifer Pruskowski, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCGP, CPE, sat down with Michael Steinman, MD, co-director of the U.S. Deprescribing Research Network, to tal...Basic Page
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Board Nominations
PALTmed’s governance structure and processes are designed to serve members and the field efficiently and effectively, as well as to meet the current and future needs of the association, its members and the PALTC community. The PALTmed Board of Directors is empowered to carry out the business of the Associa...
JAMDA
December 27, 2019
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings: A Consensus Statement From AMDA's Infection Advisory Subcommittee
The diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections (UTIs) among residents of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings remains challenging. Nonspecific symptoms, complex medical conditions, insufficient awareness of diagnostic criteria, and unnecessary urine studies all contribute to the inappro...
White Papers
J03 - Surrogate Decision-Making and Advance Care Planning in Long-Term Care
