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06/08/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | June 8
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: Association between Discharge Location and 30-Day Readmission Rates among Older Adults Suffering Hip Fracture
- JAMDA: Incidence and Predictive Factors of Functional Decline in Older People Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review
- More POLST forms are being completed in nursing homes, but is this meaningful?
- Association between willingness to deprescribe and health outcome priorities among U.S. older adults: Results of a national survey
- Hospice Improves Care Quality For Older Adults With Dementia In Their Last Month Of Life
- Evaluation of Antipsychotic Reduction Efforts in Patients With Dementia in Veterans Health Administration Nursing Homes
- Clonal dynamics of haematopoiesis across the human lifespan
Research Reports/White Papers
Podcasts/Webinars
- More of a Good Thing: Strategies for Shared Governance in PALTC settings, June 23, 2022, 4:00 PM ET
- Webinar on Emergency Preparedness for People Living with Dementia. Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
- FDA Dietary Supplement Continuing Medical Education Program
News/News Analysis
- FDA panel gives nod to Novavax COVID-19 shot
- CMS updates Medicaid eligibility standards
- Challenges of Deciding Whether and How to Update COVID-19 Vaccines to Protect Against Variants
- Long COVID in Older Adults: An Elusive Geriatric Syndrome
- U.S. doctors reconsider Pfizer's Paxlovid for lower-risk COVID patients
- How Staffing Agencies Can Be More Than a ‘Necessary Evil’ for Operators
- Working as a caregiver has always been challenging — then came COVID-19
- Paxlovid cuts seniors’ COVID-19 risk, no matter their vaccine status: study
- Experts say ‘systemic failure’ in emergency planning has crippled even compliant nursing homes