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CPG Pocket Guides

Pain Management Pocket Guide (Set of 5)

Pain management in post-acute/long-term care (PALTC) is identified in a step-wise approach for patients in this setting. This quick reference pocket guide includes the general principles for prescribing and titrating opioids including opioid titration options. Pain medications, as well as non-pharmacologic...
Long Term Care Information Series

Palliative Care in the Long-Term Care Setting

Professionals caring for frail older adults understand that the percentage of patients dying in hospitals is decreasing while the percentage of patients dying at home or in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities is increasing. Patients may experience physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering ...
CPG Pocket Guides

Parkinson's Disease & Psychosis In The Paltc Setting Pocket Guide (Set of 5)

“Parkinson’s Disease and Psychosis in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting” is a new pocket guide developed by geriatricians, neurologists, and movement disorder specialists from AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. The guide includes an extensive glossary to clarify terminolog...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Parkinson's Disease CPG & Parkinson's Disease & Psychosis Pocket Guide

This package includes the Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Practice Guideline, and the Parkinson’s Disease & Psychosis in PALTC Pocket Guide. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative movement disorder. While there is no known treatment, the symptoms can be controlled with medication,...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Pressure Ulcers & Other Wounds CPG & Pocket Guide

Newly updated, the Pressure Ulcers and Other Wounds CPG now includes information regarding arterial and venous ulcers, in addition to pressure ulcers, as well as the new NPUAP staging terminology. Pressure ulcers and other wounds remain a major cause of mortality and morbidity in PALTC, affecting an est...
CPG Pocket Guides

Pressure Ulcers and Other Wounds Pocket Guide (Set of 5)

A quick reference guide for healthcare practitioners and providers gives recommendations from the AMDA Pressure Ulcers & Other Wound Clinical Practice Guideline to assist the clinician in healthcare decisions for different skin issues. Surveyor Guidance for risk factors in developing pressure ulcers wi...
CPG Teachling Slides

Pressure Ulcers Teaching Slides

Pressure Ulcer Teaching Slides for Nurses These teaching slides are created for nurses caring for patients in the PALTC setting. The slides are presented in an easy to learn format identifying patients at risk, locations of pressure ulcers, early recognition of pressure ulcers and the factors that can a...
Practice Management Tools

Recommendations for Completing Death Certificates

Designed to assist physicians through the complicated process of completing a death certificate, the guidelines include information on understanding the legal definition of death; the roles held by physicians, coroners, medical examiners, and non-physician practitioners during the process of pronouncing an...
Long Term Care Information Series

Seizures in the Long-Term Care Setting

The Seizures in the Long-Term Care Setting manual is intended to help the interdisciplinary team in the post-acute and long-term care facility to: - Become aware of the prevalence of seizures in the PALTC population - Identify the signs and symptoms of a seizure in an elderly PALTC patient - Determine...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Sleep Disorders CPG

Sleep problems are common among residents of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities. Data suggests that age-related sleep changes, medical conditions common among older people, medications that affect sleep, substance use, and factors related to the long-term care facility environment all contrib...
Practice Management Tools

Starting & Maintaining a Long-Term Care Ethics Committee Tool Kit

The AMDA Tool Kit for Starting & Maintaining a Long-Term Care Ethics Committee provides a comprehensive guide to medical directors and others working in post-acute and long-term care who encounter ethical issues that need attention. The tool kit provides advice on how to start an ethics committee, comp...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)

Stroke Management and Prevention CPG

Survivors of an acute stroke who are transferred to a PALTC facility need a multidisciplinary assessment and treatment plan that lowers risk for post-stroke complications, helps to optimize physical and cognitive function, and reduces the risk of stroke recurrence. This CPG will help the facility care team...