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UPMC doctor: Nursing homes need more federal help for COVID-19 testing, PPE

September 28, 2020
AMDA in the News
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
WASHINGTON — This summer, as COVID-19 devastated nursing homes, David Nace, chief medical officer for UPMC Senior Communities, was one of two dozen geriatric care experts tapped by the Trump administration to draw up recommendations on improving...

More Than Psychotropic Medications, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) Help Predict Fall Risk

September 22, 2020
Press Release
Even with long-term care (LTC) facility residents in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, falls continue to be a concern. Impaired mobility, the use of psychotropic drugs, anxiety, depression, and orthostatic hypotension all have been shown to...

Provider group ‘disappointed’ in CMS’ response following release of nursing home commission report

September 21, 2020
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
COVID-19
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s response to a highly anticipated report by the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes has been disappointing for one long-term care provider advocacy group . The 186-page...

AMDA Pleased with Release of Coronavirus Commission Report, but There is Still Much Work to be Done

September 18, 2020
Press Release
Columbia, MD – The administration’s Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes has released its final report, featuring 27 recommendations in the following 10 areas: testing and screening, equipment and PPE, cohorting, visitation...

JAMDA Announces New Senior Associate Editors

September 15, 2020
Press Release
JAMDA – The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, is pleased to welcome two new senior associate editors to the editorial team: Eleanor (Ellie) McConnell, PhD, RN, and Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD. Both bring critical strengths that reflect...

View from the Trenches: Interview with Dr. Karl Steinberg, President-Elect of AMDA

September 8, 2020
AMDA in the News
i Advance Senior Care
Dr. Karl Steinberg has been a hospice and nursing home medical director in San Diego County for 25 years. He is president-elect of AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine — and vice president of National POLST. Dr. Steinberg is...

CMS Rule Requires Nursing Home Staff to be Tested for COVID-19

August 26, 2020
AMDA in the News
Medpage Today
COVID-19
WASHINGTON -- An interim final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that requires all Medicare-certified nursing homes test their staff for COVID-19 is drawing mixed reviews from the homes. "The pandemic has already cost...

Flu Shot Mandates for Nursing Home Staff Urged as Covid Persists

August 25, 2020
AMDA in the News
Bloomberg Law
COVID-19
The potentially deadly confluence of a raging Covid-19 pandemic and the upcoming flu season is prompting growing calls for states to require influenza vaccinations for all nursing home health-care personnel. The nation’s 15,000-plus nursing homes...

Pandemic Shows What PALTC Leaders Have Long Known: Telemedicine Improves Access to Care

August 19, 2020
Press Release
AMDA leaders have long advocated for the widespread use of telemedicine in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). In 2019, for example, they met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to advocate for regulations and reimbursement to extend the use of...

Music and Memory Program Means Fewer Meds, Better Behaviors

August 13, 2020
Press Release
Researchers from the University of California, Davis documented in the August issue of JAMDA the impact of Music and Memory SM (M&M), a non-pharmacological intervention, on nursing home residents with dementia. The Impact of Music and Memory on...