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Join special guest Dr. Swati Guar and your host, Dr. Diane Sanders-Cepeda, for this special episode of FMDA’s Journal Club, Winter is Coming – PALTC Preparedness for COVID's Next Surge.

This session focused on the following Learning Objectives:

1. Review the latest COVID projections, modeling for the upcoming months, and the impact on PALTC.

Recorded: December 21, 2022

Hosted by: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD

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Title: Roadmap to promoting healthcare in Assisted Living

Topics: This session will provide an in-depth discussion around the Expert Delphi Consensus Panel findings and recommendations into Health care in Assisted Living with consideration into the next steps and future guidance.

Host: Diane Sanders-Cepeda

Guests: Lindsay Schwartz, Sheryl Zimmerman, Doug Pace

Recorded: December 12, 2022

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Topics: Deprescribing, infection control, osteoporosis treatment, and palliative care

Articles:

• Kornholt et al: Scoping review of randomized trials with discontinuation of medicines in older adults

Host:  Karl Steinberg MD, HMDC, CMD

Guests: Philip Sloane MD, MPH; Mallory Brown, MD 

Recorded: December 12, 2022

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Alex Bardakh, the Society’s Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, shares the latest news from the nation’s capital.

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Title: The Great Collaboration: PALTC Together

Topics: This session will provide insight into AMDA PALTC collaboration with GAPNA, AANP, ASCP, and AAPA to develop a COVID-19 Vaccination and Therapeutics in PALTC Toolkit

Host: Diane Sanders-Cepeda

Guests: Dr. Suzanne Gillespie, Jenny Kim, April Kapu

Recorded: November 18, 2022

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Topics: Nursing home staffing and resident outcomes; physical design of nursing homes; Vitamin B and dementia risk

Articles:

• Chappel V, et al.  Association Between Long-Term Care Facility Staffing Levels and Antipsychotic Use in US Long-Term Care Facilities

Host:  Karl Steinberg MD, HMDC, CMD

Guests: Philip Sloane MD, MPH; Mallory Brown, MD 

Recorded: November 30, 2022

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In this episode, Dr. Karl Steinberg and Dr. Elizabeth Galik discuss our November-December issue, including the oral COVID-19 outpatient treatment known as Paxlovid, the role of professional social workers in the nursing home, the assessment and management of wandering and elopement in nursing homes, and what to do with spousal disagreements impact individuals, other patients, and staff.

• Paxlovid: What Staff in Long-Term Care Should Know

Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD

Guest(s): Elizabeth Galik, Ph.D., CRNP

Resources: Caring for the Ages

Recorded: November 9, 2022

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Will Nursing Home Reform Actually Improve Care?

Host:  Karl Steinberg MD, HMDC, CMD

Guests: Philip Sloane MD, MPH; Dr. Mike Wasserman; Dr. Christian Bergman

Recorded: November 8, 2022

Topics: Staffing ratios, Infection Preventionist, Transparency, Medical director registry

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Lighting and Falls; Medical Care in the Home; Clostridioides difficile; wearable temperature sensors

Host:  Karl Steinberg MD, HMDC, CMD

Guests: Philip Sloane MD, MPH; Mallory Brown, MD 

References:

• Grant LK, et al. Impact of Upgraded Lighting on Falls in Care Home Residents.

Recorded: October 26, 2022

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