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JAMDA
July 20, 2021
Medical Decision-Making Practices for Unrepresented Residents in Nursing Homes
Unrepresented adults are individuals who lack decision-making capacity and have neither an available surrogate decision maker nor an applicable advance directive. Currently, the prevalence of unrepresented nursing home (NH) residents and how medical decisions are made is unknown. We examined (1) the preval...
Caring for the Ages
June 30, 2018
Medical Decisions: Who Should Get to Decide?
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Spotlight
May 4, 2026
Medical Director of the Year Believes in Cultivating an Interest in PALTC Medicine
Iris Boettcher, MD, CMD, FPALTC, has been a member of PALTmed since 1989 (back when it was known as AMDA) and has attended many of the organization’s annual conferences over the years. One of her favorite events has always been the general session where the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PAL...
Caring for the Ages
March 29, 2016
Medical Director of the Year Loves the Art of Geriatrics
Caring for the Ages
February 27, 2019
Medical Director of the Year Nominees, 2019
Spotlight
March 31, 2025
Medical Director of the Year: Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future
William Mercer, MD, CMD, the 2025 Medical Director of the Year, vividly remembers how he got involved with post-acute and long-term care and with PALTmed (then known as AMDA). The local hospital, which had a long-term care skilled unit, approached him and asked if he’d like to be the medical director. He w...
JAMDA
February 19, 2015
Medical Directors Role in Ebola Screening and Intervention
Caring for the Ages
February 27, 2019