September 29, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 New Study Provides Recommendations for Medical and Mental Health Care in Assisted Living Columbia, MD – Assisted living is the largest provider of residential long-term...
It's just a two-page, barely 200-word bill. But if passed as the authors intend, it would require all 15,000 Medicare-approved nursing homes in the nation to publicly report the name of their medical director.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Feeding problems are common in patients with advanced dementia and can indicate progression of the disease toward the end of life. Feeding tubes are...
The House on Thursday introduced a bipartisan bill that would require nursing homes to report their medical directors’ credentials and background to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine congratulates and thanks Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Diabetes self-care becomes increasingly challenging as cognition declines. A new study in the September issue of JAMDA highlighted the important...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 Survival outcomes after cardiac arrest were significantly better for nursing home residents versus community-dwelling older adults, according to a study...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 9, 2022 Contact: Ellen Mullally emullally@paltc.org /410-992-3124 There is a dearth of research on emergency department (ED) care practices for people living with dementia (PLWD), but a study in the August issue of JAMDA...
Improving the care experience in senior living and other long-term care settings by improving care quality while reducing costs is the goal of one senior living organization participating in a federal immunization pilot program.
A federally funded program is now in place in three long-term care organizations with the goal of setting LTC industry-wide standards for resident and staff immunizations.
