JAMDA
October 30, 2023
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JAMDA
December 8, 2023
COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in State Veterans Homes: A Multilevel Approach
Some state veterans homes (SVHs) received media attention in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic because of allegations of poor infection control and excess mortality. However, little research has investigated how these facilities differ from community nursing homes (CNHs) and what the geographical trends of...
JAMDA
September 24, 2020
Use of Alcohol in Long Term Care Settings: A Comparative Analysis of Personal Choice, Public Health Advice and the Law
Alcohol is one of the most widely available psychoactive substances globally. Many accept the risks associated with alcohol consumption for reasons such as social engagement and feelings of pleasure. Alcohol consumption in a nursing home (NH) setting highlights the moral and logistical challenges of balanc...
JAMDA
February 3, 2024
Change in Provider Specialty Was Associated With Less Fluoroquinolone Use at a Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Setting
In July 2021, as part of a planned multiyear broad and long-term organizational realignment, the general medicine service assumed continuous care of residents at a Community Living Center (CLC), which are nursing homes within the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. We hypothesized that practitioners ...
Sponsored Education
Sep 09, 2025 12:00 pm - Sep 09, 2025 1:00 pm
Enhancing Clinical Awareness in LTC
This program explores the prevalence, impact, and symptoms of agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, specifically focusing on patients living in a long-term care setting. Participants will review the current clinical care landscape for treatment of agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. The program will also provide an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regulations on Antipsychotics.
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PALTmed In The News
November 21, 2023
AMDA ‘thrilled’ by medical directors’ inclusion in new CMS transparency rule
McKnights Long-Term Care News Nursing homes will have to publicly disclose information about their medical directors, along with other managing employees, under a new transparency rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
PALTmed In The News
April 18, 2024
How new long-term care models and tech can cut into billions spent on rehospitalizations
Nursing homes are on the frontier of new care models and technology solutions that have the potential to save billions of dollars in healthcare costs. That was the consensus from experts who also issued cautions at a PALTC24 annual conference session hosted recently by AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and...
News Release
September 16, 2022
AMDA Applauds Bill Calling for Public Disclosure of Medical Directors
The bill calls for nursing homes to provide information on their medical directors to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The agency would then publish these details on the Care Compare website, where patients and their families could access this critical intelligence.
Resolutions
F12 - Home Health Care Face-to-Face Encounter Requirements
JAMDA
February 21, 2018
Subclinical Serotonin Syndrome and the Risk of Antipsychotic Prescribing in the Elderly
