05/22/2024

AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | May 15

News

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Journal Articles/Preprints

• JAMDA: Deploying Robot-Led Activities for People With Dementia at Aged Care Facilities: A Feasibility Study
• JAMDA: Rapid Molecular Testing for UTIs: A Diagnostic Stewardship Perspective
• Implementation of a geriatric assessment SmartPhrase: A multi-institutional pilot study
• Social Determinants of Health and Delivery of Rehabilitation to Older Adults During ICU Hospitalization

Research Reports/White Papers

• Use of an Additional Updated 2023–2024 COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Adults Aged ?65 Years: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2024
• When there was greater use of telehealth during pandemic, there were more clinician encounters: study

Podcasts/Webinars

 

• AMDA On-The-Go D2D Edition | Deprescribing of Anticoagulants: The IF, WHEN and HOW, a Discussion with a Cardiologist
• TODAY AT 12:00 PM ET: Bringing the IPC Message Home in Long-Term Care Facilities Building Blocks of Infection Prevention and Control, featuring Dr. Leslie Eber
• TODAY: Longterm Care Townhall: Understanding Enhanced Barrier Precautions, May 22, 2024, 1:00 PM ET, featuring a panel of CDC experts
• Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Payment Challenges, May 30, 2024, 2:00 PM ET
• Organizational Culture in Long Term Care
• Vaccine Voices, Parts 1-4

News/News Analysis

• Task force releases recommendations addressing workforce shortages
• CMS Star Rating Process, with Wide State Variation, Sparks Trouble for Consumers and Nursing Homes
• Blood pressure medications associated with higher fracture risk among nursing home residents
• ‘Competition is Everywhere’: How Memory Care Operators Are Tackling Staffing in 2024
• Potential rescheduling of marijuana could affect senior living providers, residents
• TEAM Model: Hospitals in the Driver’s Seat, Nursing Homes as ‘Collaborators’ in Latest Bundled Payment Initiative
• State-level initiatives tackle language-based barriers to worker training, testing
• State bills aim to address senior living workforce, access, dementia issues

 

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