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05/17/2023
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | May 10
News
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New/Updated Guidance
- CMS: Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (REVISED)
- DEA and HHS: Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications
- ‘With great hope,’ WHO ends global COVID-19 public health emergency
Journal Articles/Preprints
- May 2023 JAMDA
- JAMDA: Staffing Shortages, Staffing Hours, and Resident Deaths in U.S. Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- JAMDA: Did the Long-Term Care Physician Workforce Change During the Pandemic? Describing MRP Trends in Ontario, Canada
- Excess Mortality Among Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health System Compared With the Overall US Population During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Perceived Cognitive Deficits in Patients With Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 and Their Association With Post–COVID-19 Condition
Research Reports/White Papers
- COVID-19 antiviral protects patients whose vaccinations are incomplete: study
- Older people have better mental well-being than 30 years ago, says study
- Many elderly people need intensive care in the year before they die, shows Swedish study
Podcasts/Webinars
- JAMDA On-The-Go | April 2023
- Caring On-The-Go | April 2023
- The Development of a Heart Failure Program in a Skilled Nursing Facility, May 18, 2023, 1:00 PM ET
News/News Analysis
- May 2023 Caring for the Ages
- FDA Approves First-Ever RSV Vaccine
- Telehealth’s upward growth trajectory hits a bump in February
- SNF Fee-for-Service Admissions Increase But Occupancy Still Hurt by Pandemic
- CDC details transitions in COVID-19 data reporting
- Many older adults take multiple medications; updated criteria will help ensure they are appropriate
- Technology-use changes essential to reducing loneliness ‘epidemic,’ surgeon general warns
- Owners must ‘be at the table’ for infection prevention to grow in nursing homes: quality experts