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Nov 16, 2024 8:00 am - Nov 16, 2024 5:00 pm

MMDA's 31st Annual Conference & Trade Show

Rockville, MD

MMDA is the regional affiliate chapter of AMDA, supporting medical directors, physicians, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians practicing in the PALTC continuum in Maryland, Delaware, and DC. MMDA provides education, advocacy, information, and professional development for its members.

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.

JAMDA

August 18, 2015

Geriatric Rehabilitation and Discharge Location After Hip Fracture in Relation to the Risks of Death and Readmission

To investigate the effects of geriatric rehabilitation on short-term risk of death and readmission after a hip fracture were investigated in a nationwide cohort. In addition, the association of discharge location (nursing home or patient's home) with the short-term risk of death was assessed.

JAMDA

January 14, 2021

Machine-Learning Modeling to Predict Hospital Readmission Following Discharge to Post-Acute Care

Primary purpose was to generate a model to identify key factors relevant to acute care hospital readmission within 90 days from 3 types of post-acute care (PAC) sites: home with home care services (HC), skilled nursing facility (SNF), and inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF). Specific aims were to (1) e...

JAMDA

December 29, 2021

Generalist-Specialist Collaboration in Primary Care for Frail Older Persons: A Promising Model for the Future

The complex care needs of frail older persons living at home is a major challenge for health care systems worldwide. One possible solution is to employ a primary care physician (PCP) with additional geriatric expertise. In the Netherlands, elderly care physicians (ECPs), who traditionally work in nursing h...

JAMDA

June 22, 2020

Do Patients Retain their Family Physicians after Long-Term Care Entry? A Retrospective Cohort Study

Older adults value and benefit from the long-standing relationship they have with their family physicians. This dynamic has not been researched in a long-term care (LTC, ie, nursing home) setting. We sought to determine the proportion of LTC residents who retain their community family physician within the ...

Spotlight

February 1, 2024

National Dementia Workforce Study Needs Your Input

AMDA members are often on the frontlines of dementia care, so it’s only appropriate that they be involved in the National Dementia Workforce Study, which involves surveying those individuals who work in homes, hospitals, clinics, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes to gain data to improve care an...

JAMDA

February 18, 2026

Factors Associated With Initial Type of Long-Term Services and Supports Among Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries

To examine the association between individual characteristics and type of initial long-term services and supports (LTSS) among older adults receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) or nursing home (NH) care.

JAMDA

April 9, 2025

Fall Risk–Increasing Drugs and Fall-Related Injuries among Older Adults in Ontario: A Population-Based Matched Case-Control Study

Commonly prescribed medications individually increase the risk of falls. Less is known about the association between multiple fall risk–increasing drug (FRID) use and falls. We examined the association between 12 major FRID classes, alone and in combination and fall-related injuries among older adults in h...

JAMDA

December 31, 2016

Three Decades of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Evidence Coming From Different Healthcare Settings and Specific Clinical Conditions

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment process that identifies medical, psychosocial, and functional capabilities of older adults to develop a coordinated plan to maximize overall health with aging. Specific criteria used by CGA programs to evaluate patient...

JAMDA

May 16, 2024

Personalized Tablets for Residents in Long-Term Care to Support Recreation and Mitigate Isolation

There is a digital divide in long-term care homes (LTCHs), with few residents having regular access to internet-connected devices. In this study, we provided long-term care residents with personalized and adapted tablets. We aimed to understand what factors influenced tablet use and the impact of tablet ac...