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09/07/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | September 7
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- At-a-Glance: COVID-19 Vaccination Schedule from CDC
- Interim Clinical Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccines: Bivalent Boosters
Journal Articles/Preprints
- Prevalence and Health Outcomes of Clostridioides difficile Infection during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a National Sample of United States Hospital Systems
- Prevalence and risk factors for falls and fall-related injuries in the 2018 National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study
- Losing Contact — Covid-19, Telemedicine, and the Patient–Provider Relationship
- Risk of BA.5 Infection among Persons Exposed to Previous SARS-CoV-2 Variants
- Covid-19 Vaccines — Immunity, Variants, Boosters
- JAMDA: The Resilience and the Subsequent Hospitalization of Older People with Different Frailty Status: A Prospective Cohort Study
- JAMDA: Providers’ Perspectives on High-Quality Dementia Care in Long-Term Care
- JAMDA: Association of Cognitive Impairment With Rate of Functional Gain Among Older Adults With Stroke
- A mixed-methods analysis of telehealth implementation in nursing homes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
- Physical Function and Subsequent Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
- Frailty in Nursing Homes—A Prospective Study Comparing the FRAIL-NH and the Clinical Frailty Scale
Research Reports/White Papers
- SARS-CoV-2 can trigger chronic fatigue syndrome
- Many Middle-Income Seniors Will Not Be Able to Pay for Long-Term Care and Housing in 10 Years
Podcasts/Webinars
- Monkeypox in PALTC: What You Need to Know
- CDC COCA: 2022-2023 Influenza Vaccination Recommendations and Guidance on Coadministration with COVID-19 Vaccines. Thursday, September 8, 2022, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET. https://www.zoomgov.com Passcode: 759488
- Recording of August 25th Roundtable of More of a Good Thing: Trauma Informed Care of Staff in PALTC Settings.
News/News Analysis
- FDA: PAXLOVID Patient Eligibility Screening Checklist Tool for Prescribers
- Women-Focused Cardiovascular Rehabilitation: An International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Clinical Practice Guideline
- Blood pressure meds work when taken at any time of day, five-year study reveals
- Support grows for proposed pilot expanding assisted living access to veterans
- U.S. plans to move COVID vaccines, treatments to private markets in 2023
- CDC Advisors Back New COVID Booster Shots Targeting Omicron — ACIP swayed by long-existing update process for seasonal flu vaccines
- CMS drops ‘enormous’ MDS changes in surprise move
- Assisted living quality of care study raises concern among industry experts
- ‘Spotty’ database of private-equity nursing homes slammed