Complete Story
10/12/2023
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | October 11
News
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: The Level of Expectations Regarding Aging Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- JAMDA: Evaluating the Association Between the Implementation of the PoET Southwest Spread Project and Reductions in Acute Care Transfers From Long-Term Care: A Quasi-Experimental Matched Cohort Study Using Population-Level Health Administrative Data
- JAMDA: Human Resources for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current Needs and Future Demands
- Complex interventions for improving independent living and quality of life amongst community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Decolonization in Nursing Homes to Prevent Infection and Hospitalization
Reports/White Papers
- Study: Paxlovid lowered COVID hospitalization, death in people more prone to serious disease
- Study links chronic stress, depression with Alzheimer’s, cognitive impairment
Podcasts/Webinars
- Drive to Deprescribe: Navigating the Revised AGS Beers Criteria in Clinical Practice, October 19, 2023, 4:30 PM ET
- JAMDA On-The-Go September Edition
News/News Analysis
- Feds Rein In Use of Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients
- Severity of RSV Hospitalizations Rivals COVID in Older Adults
- Industry advocates join coalition to support federal bill requiring use of Alzheimer’s detection tools
- $1.6 million grant will help older workers train for CNA, other healthcare roles
- Senior living occupancy could reach pre-pandemic levels next year: NIC
- People 75+ hospitalized with RSV have worse outcomes than flu, COVID-19
- $81 million NIH grant will study dementia care through workforce in assisted living, other settings
- LPN Exclusion in CMS Staffing Mandate a ‘Convoluted Mess’ for Nursing Home
- DEA extends telehealth prescription allowances through 2024
- Drinking coffee or tea may be beneficial for physical function in aging