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The IOU/UTI Tool Kit

Long-Term Care Information Series
Urinary Incontinence
NP/PA, Physician
IMPROVING OUTCOMES OF UTI TOOL KIT Implementing antibiotic stewardship programs in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings is a major priority. This can be a daunting challenge, since many health care providers are uncertain where to start...

Diagnosing and Preventing UTIs in Older Adults: Integrating Technical and Socio-adaptive Principles (An AGS Sponsored session)

Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Urinary Incontinence
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
This session will discuss cutting-edge issues in infectious diseases as they pertain to older adults. Presenters will provide an overview of the nationwide catheter-associated urinary tract infection long-term care project (CAUTI-LTC) funded by the...

Full Set of Clinical Practice Guidelines

CPGs (Clinical Practice Guidelines)
UTI, Nutrition, Anemia, Cardiovascular Health, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure, Stroke, Change of Condition, Dementia, Diabetes, Palliative Care, Falls, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Health Maintenance, Infections, Infection Prevention/Control, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Delirium, Depression, Osteoporosis, Pain Management, Parkinson's Disease, Pressure Ulcers, Sleep Disorders, Transitions of Care, Urinary Incontinence
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Full Set of Clinical Practice Guidelines (20) + 7 Pocket Guides / includes the following individual CPGs: Acute Change of Condition Altered Nutritional Status Anemia COPD Management + Pocket Guide Dehydration and Fluid Maintenance Dementia...

A Practical Approach to Incontinence and Constipation: Taking the Distress Out of Elimination

Gastrointestinal Disorders, Constipation and Diarrhea, Urinary Incontinence
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
This presentation explores the care of two common problems encountered by the nursing home resident - urinary incontinence and constipation. The presenter will highlight behavioral (or non-pharmacological) approaches in management, primarily...

AMDA Adds 5 Guidelines to Choosing Wisely Campaign

March 20, 2015
AMDA in the News
Long-Term Living
Infections, C. difficile, Urinary Incontinence
AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has released five additional medical tests and procedures that may be of questionable value to older Americans. The recommendations are issued to encourage discussion among physicians,...

LTC Advise Against Incontinence Catheters

March 22, 2015
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Infections, C. difficile, Urinary Incontinence
AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) is advising long-term caregivers against using indwelling urinary catheters to manage urinary incontinence — one of five common practices or tests that lack scientific evidence to...

Urinary Incontinence CPG

CPGs (Clinical Practice Guidelines)
Urinary Incontinence
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Urinary incontinence is one of the most common conditions among residents of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities, affecting about 55% of all such residents. The prevalence of urinary incontinence increases with age. Women are affected...

AMDA Urinary Incontinence Measures Accepted for NQMC Publication

July 18, 2014
Press Release
Quality, Measures, Urinary Incontinence
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine recently submitted 21 Urinary Incontinence Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Implementation Measures to the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) database. Quality...

AMDA Releases Second Round of Potentially Unnecessary Medical Tests, Procedures a s Part of the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely ® Campaig

March 20, 2015
Press Release
Nutrition, Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Dementia, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Diabetes, End-of-Life, Infections, C. difficile, Medication, Antipsychotics, Insulin, Quality, Transitions of Care, Urinary Incontinence
Louisville, KY – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) has partnered with the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely® campaign to encourage discussions among physicians, patients, and other health care stakeholders about...