08/09/2023

AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | August 9

News

Headlines:

New/Updated Guidance

• CDC: Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes
• CDC: Facility Poster—Enhanced Barrier Precautions Steps
• Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model
• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Medicare Dementia Care Model

Journal Articles/Preprints

• JAMDA: A Qualitative Study of Nursing Home Staff Lived Experience With Advance Care Planning
• JAMDA: Use of Diabetes Medications Before and After a Heart Failure–Related Hospitalization Among Nursing Home Residents
• JAMDA: Built Environments and Frailty in Older Adults: The JAGES Longitudinal Study Using Mediation Analysis
• JAMDA: Effect and Process Evaluation of an Intervention to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance in Long-Term Care Facilities
• JAMDA: Differential Associations of 6 Adiposity Indices With Dementia in Older Adults: The MIND-China Study
• Pain and Associated Factors in Nursing Home Residents
• The Paradoxical Decline of Geriatric Medicine as a Profession
• Association between physicians' geriatric training and patterns of end-of-life care delivered to persons with dementia

Research Reports/White Papers

• ‘Authoritative’ but effective: Study shows potential of internal vaccine mandate

Podcasts/Webinars

• Mpox Prevention through Vaccination, August 15, 2023, 11:00 AM ET
• Supporting Communities with Opioids and Pain Management, August 17, 2023, 3:00 PM ET
• Elevate Eldercare: Enshrining Eldercare as a Civil and Human Right

News/News Analysis

• August-September 2023 Issue of Caring for the Ages, including a special section on sexual expression in PALTC
• New device identifies COVID cases with quick breath test
• Payment Perspectives: Dr. Steve Buslovich, Vice President – High-Needs VBC, PointClickCare
• ‘A Microcosm’: States Push Minimum Staffing Mandates on Nursing Homes in Pennsylvania, NY, as Providers Notified of Violations
• Major nurse-aide survey reveals top worries, ways to improve
• Older adults first in line for RSV vaccines, but will they roll up their sleeves?
• A Generous Gift for the Future of Aging

 

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