JAMDA
May 15, 2021
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JAMDA
March 11, 2014
Finding Gertrude: The Resident's Voice in Minimum Data Set 3.0
The new Minimum Data Set 3.0 was designed to improve the assessment process by requiring nursing home (NH) staff to attempt to interview residents with scripted questions to assess subjective states such as pain, mood, and cognitive functioning. Although the case has been made that resident self-report is ...
JAMDA
August 30, 2014
Sensitivity and Specificity of the Minimum Data Set 3.0 Discharge Data Relative to Medicare Claims
The objective of this study was to determine whether the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 discharge record accurately identifies hospitalizations and deaths of nursing home residents.
JAMDA
October 10, 2014
ECHO-AGE: An Innovative Model of Geriatric Care for Long-Term Care Residents With Dementia and Behavioral Issues
To design, implement, and assess the pilot phase of an innovative, remote case-based video-consultation program called ECHO-AGE that links experts in the management of behavior disorders in patients with dementia to nursing home care providers.
JAMDA
April 4, 2019
Copper for the Prevention of Outbreaks of Health Care–Associated Infections in a Long-term Care Facility for Older Adults
We aimed to study the efficacy of copper as an antimicrobial agent by comparing incidence rates during outbreaks in areas equipped vs not equipped with copper surfaces in a long-term facility for dependent older adults (nursing home).
Resolutions
E19B - Medical Director Compensated for Medical Directors Services Not Referrals
JAMDA
January 19, 2024
Exploring Staffing Levels in Adult Day Services: Does Profit Status Matter?
For more than 4 decades, adult day service centers (ADSCs) have provided long-term care services and socialization to hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. An important part of the long-term care continuum, ADSCs serve older adults and adults with disabilities, many of whom have low incomes...
Spotlight
August 23, 2024
New D2D Course Takes Practitioners Further Down the Deprescribing Highway
The concept of deprescribing has gained traction in recent years, and the Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) program takes the wheel with a new course, Design Your Deprescribing Intervention, which launched earlier this month. “Our audience was craving more documents, materials, and information to bring back to th...
Chapter Event
Oct 18, 2024 1:00 pm - Oct 19, 2024 5:10 pm
MIMDA: Twenty-Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Michigan Medical Directors Association
Gaylord, MIJoin your fellow providers in PALTC to learn what’s new in the service of this vulnerable patient population in our unique settings while enjoying the beauty of northern Michigan in the Fall. Sessions include: updates and trends in the survey process, health inequities in elder care, managing spasms & contractures, and more. Once again, we will have a half-day program Friday afternoon bootcamp for PATLC providers: Essentials in Post Acute and Long Term Care. If you want to learn the ins and outs of working in nursing homes, come hear from the best.
This year MIMDA will again provide a Bootcamp for providers in post-acute and long-term care. This informative session is a "must" for folks entering practice in the extended care world, it will provide pearls of wisdom for veterans as well.
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Top 10 Particularly Dangerous Drug Interactions in PALTC
Recent studies have shown that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are common among nursing home residents, and frequently go unrecognized or the symptoms attributed to another condition. Many ADRs are due to drug-drug interactions. The occurrence of an interaction depends on many factors, including the inherent...
