01/31/2024

AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | January 31

News

Headlines:

New/Updated Guidance

• A CDC Update on the Draft 2024 Guideline to Prevent Transmission of Pathogens in Healthcare Settings

Journal Articles/Preprints

• JAMDA: A Paradigm Shift in Caregiver Preparation: From Information Provision to Enhanced Collaborative Care-element Optimization (ECCO)
• Unequal loss: Disparities in relational closeness to a COVID-19 death among U.S. older adults
• Clin-STAR corner: Practice-changing advances at the interface of surgery and geriatrics
• Mapping potentially inappropriate medications in older adults using the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system

Research/White Papers

• Effectiveness of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19–Related Thromboembolic Events Among Medicare Enrollees Aged ?65 Years and Those with End Stage Renal Disease — United States, September 2022–March 2023
• Posture analysis produces the most accurate fall risk profiles for seniors, study shows
• Playing musical instrument linked to better brain health in older adults, study finds

Podcasts/Webinars

• JAMDA On-The-Go featuring the January 2024 issue of JAMDA
• Reducing Pressure Injuries in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: What have we been missing? - AELTCC, February 22, 2024, 11:00 AM ET

News/News Analysis

• Senate Probes the Cost of Assisted Living and Its Burden on American Families
• Inside the CMS Policies That Could Improve Care, Payments for Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents
• Policymakers, providers must take steps to prevent staff mass turnover, researchers say
• A Barometer of Nursing Home Sector’s Financial Health, HUD Lending Seen as Rising in 2024
• Pilot study on direct care workers to inform future nationwide survey
• Time with Patients, Wages, Company Culture Are Top Priorities for Nursing Home Staff, Survey Shows
• Research Finds Home-Based Care Among Top End-of-Life Trajectories for Americans
• Arizona legislators call for more transparency, improved safety in assisted living
• ‘Really Hard Time’: NY Nursing Home Sector, Union Demand $810M in Medicaid Funds, Cite Payroll Shortfalls
• South Dakota’s DHS Requests Extra Funds To Support Staffing, Census at Nursing Homes

 

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