PALTtalk

Special Guests: Victoria Nalls, PhD, GNP-BC, CWS, ACHPN and Pamela Scarborough, PT, DPT, CWS, FAAWC

Hosted By: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD

Recorded: June 9, 2021

Our learning objectives for this session were:

1. Create an awareness of the silent skin manifestations related to COVID-19.

2. Discuss how to distinguish between skin manifestations related to COVID-19 and similar looking etiologies, such as shingles and deep tissue pressure ulcers/injuries.

3. Provide helpful documentation considerations for wounds that develop as a result of, or are stalled in their healing trajectory due to COVID-19.

4. Discuss COVID-19 long – haulers and the issues that arise with wound development and wound healing.

5. Introduce COVID-19 Skin Manifestations Campaign and discuss how facilities can participate.

 

Available Credit:    0.25 CMD-Clinical

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Special Guest: Brette Svensson, DNP, MSN, AGPCNP-BCHosted by: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMDOur learning objectives for this session were:

Discuss the healthcare disparities seen during this COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact that we have seen on our PALTC communities.

Examine the longstanding healthcare challenges produced by racial inequities and disparities.

Summarize the impact of microaggressions and unconscious bias on care delivery in PALTC.

Understand our roles in providing advocacy for health equity and parity in PALTC.

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Recorded: May 26, 2021

Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical

Special Guest Moderator: Leonard Hock, DO, MACOI, CMD, FAAHPM, HMDC Hosted by: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD Our learning objectives for this session were:

Address ongoing approaches to addressing vaccine Hesitancy within our PALTC community.

Discuss the perspectives of clinical and administrative leaders by sharing our experiences.

Report on FMDA's SNF Vaccine Hesitancy initiative and the steps we are taking to increase vaccine confidence within the PALTC community.

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Recorded: May 12, 2021

0.25 CMD-Clinical

Questions? Email Alex at [email protected]

 

References:

CMS Issues Rule on COVID-19 Vaccine Reporting

COVID-19 Reference Page (including Vaccination Toolkit)

No credit is available for this program.

Featuring Dr. K. Beiting, an Adv. Research Fellow in Geriatric and Palliative Care at the Univ. of Chicago. She is currently doing research in opioid use disorders in older adults with funding through the TL1 post-doctoral program in clinical research and medical infomatics.

@kimberlybeiting@UChicagoGeriPal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. M. Yang, 2nd year Med. student at Univ. of Chicago, has research experience in South Africa and China as well as a post-baccalaureate program at Goucher College in Baltimore.

 

 

 

 

 

@meredithfyang

 

Dr. Stacie Levine, the project ‘physician champion’ is chair of the section of geriatrics/palliative care at University of Chicago.

@StacieKLevine

 

References:

M. Yang, BA; K. Beiting, MD; S. Levine, MD; "Hospital to Nursing Home Transitions of Care for Older Adults With Opioid Use Disorders: A Needs Assessment",  JAMDA, March/2021.

 

Recorded: May 18, 2021

Available Credit

0.25 CMD-Clinical

This podcast will spotlight articles from the May 2021 issue of JAMDA. JAMDA is the official journal of AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

Host: Wayne Saltsman MD, PhD, CMD

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

References:

"Taking Stock: How Will the Future of Long-Term Care Be Different Because of COVID-19?", JAMDA, May/2021.

Abdellatif, a., MSc; et. al., "Computerized Decision Support Systems for Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review", JAMDA, May/2021.

Yen, H., PhD; Virtual Reality Exergames for Improving Older Adults’ Cognition and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials, JAMDA, May/2021.

Kistler, C., MD; et. al., "Health Information Technology Challenges and Innovations in Long-Term Care", JAMDA, May/2021.

Recorded: May 13, 2021

Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical

Special Guest: Swati Gaur MD, MBA, CMDHosted by: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD Our learning objectives for this session were:

Address the current challenges PALTC are facing at this stage of the Pandemic.

Review how PALTC facilities are approaching the regulations and mandates set forth in the new legislation.

Discuss local community surges in COVID cases and the risk for outbreaks in PALTC facilities.

Address vaccinations in LTC and the ongoing challenge of vaccine hesitancy.

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Recorded: April 28, 2021

Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical

May 2021 – A Special Issue on Younger Adults in Long-Term Care

In this episode Wayne Saltsman and Elizabeth Galik discuss our special section on younger adults in long term care with editor in chief Elizabeth Galik. Special guest Travis Neill also discusses his article on the mind-body connection in long term care. Articles include:

Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, “Younger Residents in Long-Term Care Find Meaning in Relationships, Engagement” (https://www.caringfortheages.com/article/S1526-4114(21)00164-5/fulltext )

Christine Kilgore, “Trust, Consistency, Engagement: Meeting the Complex Needs of Younger Residents and Staff Who Care for Them” (https://www.caringfortheages.com/article/S1526-4114(21)00168-2/fulltext )

Travis Neill, PA-C, MMS, “Institutional Placebo Effect: Tapping Into the Mind-Body Connection for Better Outcomes” (https://www.caringfortheages.com/article/S1526-4114(21)00158-X/fulltext )

Lisa Lind, PhD, “Meeting the Emotional and Behavioral Needs of Younger Residents in Long-Term Care” (https://www.caringfortheages.com/article/S1526-4114(21)00161-X/fulltext

With Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, Editor-in-Chief of CARING and Travis Neill

References: 

Caring for the Ages

Recorded: May 5, 2021

Available Credit

0.25 CMD-Clinical

This podcast will spotlight articles from the April 2021 issue of JAMDA. JAMDA is the official journal of AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

Host: Wayne Saltsman MD, PhD, CMD

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

References:

Griffey, R., MD; et. al., "Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Patients Account for a Disproportionately High Number of Adverse Events in the Emergency Department", JAMDA, April/2021.

McNabney, MD.; et. al., "Use of Emergency Departments by Assisted Living Communities", JAMDA, April/2021.

"Pearls on Muscle Strength and Exercise in Older persons", JAMDA, April/2021.

Sloane, P., MD; et. al., "Addressing Systemic Racism in Nursing Homes: A Time for Action", JAMDA, April/2021.

Recorded: April 28, 2021

Available Credit

0.25 CMD-Clinical

David Lubliner PhD has been teaching at NJIT for 25 years. His current responsibilities are as a coordinator of three programs; Computer Technology, Medical Informatics, which he developed in 2009 and has authored a related textbook "Biomedical Informatics(2015):An Introduction to Informations Systems and Software in Medicine and Health" and developed a more recent minor in Geriatric Engineering in 2019. The goal is to migrate the Geriatrics Engineering program to a standalone BS in 2022. His background includes degrees in Math/physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (Biomedical concentration) and PhD in Information Systems. He worked in industry for ten years; first on the Patriot Missile System, then later in the field of Computer Architecture/Security for a fortune 50 company.

 

References:

Lubliner, D., PhD; "Geriatric Engineering: An Engineering Systems Design Approach to Human Aging", JAGS, Nov/2020.

Herr, PhD; et. al., "Something Old and Something New: The Time Is Right for Geriatric Engineering Programs", JAGS, Jan/2021.

Lubliner, D., PhD; "Biomedical Informatics An Introduction to Information Systems and Software in Medicine and Health", 2016.

Recorded: April 26, 2021

Available Credit

0.25 CMD-Clinical