Policy Snapshot
September 30, 2025
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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...
JAMDA
June 19, 2024
Wandering Behavior and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Veterans Affairs Community Living Center Residents
Wandering behavior in nursing home (NH) residents could increase risk of infection. The objective of this study was to assess the association of wandering behavior with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Living Center (CLC) residents.
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...
JAMDA
June 12, 2025
An Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial of the Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) Program
We implemented a pilot embedded pragmatic clinical trial of the evidence-based Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) program for people living with dementia (PLWD) in nursing homes. We sought to answer the following questions: Can staff consistently deliver IPPIs to enrolled residents ove...
Chapter Event
Nov 13, 2025 7:30 am - Nov 13, 2025 3:00 pm
NYSPALTC Fall Educational Meeting
East Elmhurst, NYThis engaging and multidisciplinary event explores critical topics in PALTC, including the clinical implications of the aging liver, the complexities of financial incentives in nursing homes, ethical challenges in end-of-life care, and the unique care needs of older adults living with HIV. Sessions also examine the emotional and caregiving impacts of older couples aging apart and the LTC considerations for survivors of elder mistreatment and coercive control.
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Policy Snapshot
August 17, 2025
Bill Introduced to Strengthen Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
The Strengthening Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents Act, introduced by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ), would strengthen the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program under the Older Americans Act. This program, which relies on trained staff and volunteers to advocate for nursing home and long-term c...
PALTmed In The News
August 13, 2025
QAPI moment is now!
According to this column by PALTmed board member Michael Wasserman, anyone with an interest in quality nursing home care should agree on one thing: The moment for Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) is now!
Live Symposiums
Jun 04, 2025 10:00 am - Jun 04, 2025 5:00 pm
Business of Medicine Symposium
This one-day virtual meeting will address topics such as how nursing homes make money, strategies for using technology to ease workload burdens, the role of private equity firms, working with ACOs, and understanding the value of your practice. The Symposium will also feature three “Quick Hits” breakout sessions where participants can talk with subject matter experts on a variety of timely topics.
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JAMDA
November 28, 2024
Effects of Virtual Reality–Based Activities of Daily Living Rehabilitation Training in Older Adults With Cognitive Frailty and Activities of Daily Living Impairments: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Cognitive frailty, which is notably prevalent in nursing homes, correlates with a range of adverse health outcomes; however, interventions targeting this population are scarce, particularly those addressing activities of daily living (ADLs). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of virtua...
