PALTtalk

Dr. Swati Gaur is Chair of AMDA's Infection Advisory Committee. She is the Medical Director of New Horizons Nursing Facilities with the Northeast Georgia Health System. She is also the CEO of Care Advances Through Technology, a technology innovation company. In addition, she is on the EMR transition and implementation team for the Health System, providing direction to EMR entity adapt to LTC environment. She has also consulted with post acute LTC companies to optimize medical services into PALTC facilities, integration of medical directors and clinicians into the QAPI framework and create frameworks of interdisciplinary work in the organization. 

References:

AMDA Update on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

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Dr. Philip Sloane and Dr. Mallory Brown, Editors of JAMDA.

References for February 2020 Issue:

• Shekinah A. Fashaw, MSPH et. al.; "Thirty Year Trends in Nursing Homes"

Randall Espinoza, et. al. ;"Clarifying the Relationship Between Benzodiazepines and Dementia"

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Moderator: Marianne Novelli, MD, FACP, FHM

References:

1. Predictive Accuracy of Frailty Tools for Adverse Outcomes in a Cohort of Adults 80 Years and Older: A Decision Curve Analysis

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Dr. Julie Masters holds the Terry Haney Chair of Gerontology and is Professor and Chair of the Department of Gerontology at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. 

References:

• Marla Berg-Weger, PhD, et. al.; "Caregiver Well-Being: Is it on Your Radar", JAMDA, 2015.

Available Credit

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Presentation from November 21 Florida Journal Club

With Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD

• Post-acute and Long-term Care Settings as First Responders for the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, Robin L.P. Jump MD, PhD, Susan M. Levy MD, CMD, Wayne S. Saltsman MD, PhD, CMD

With Dr. Philip Sloane and Dr. Mallory Brown, Editors of JAMDA.

References for January 2020 Issue:

• Zerbib, et. al., "Copper for the Prevention of Outbreaks of Health Care–Associated Infections in a Long-term Care Facility for Older Adults"

Dr. Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FPCN

Dr. Carpenter is a Research Associate faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Health Scientist at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and geriatric and palliative nurse practitioner whose practice focuses on the post acute and long term care setting. Educated and trained as an advance practice nurse and scientist, she has over twenty years of experience working with persons with serious and complex illness. Dr. Carpenter collaborates with nursing homes and interdisciplinary health professionals to implement evidence-based practices and test complex interventions that support high quality palliative care in nursing homes.

References:

• Carpenter, J., CRNP, NP-C, GNP-BC, et. al.; "Nutritional Supplementation and Sarcopenia: The Evidence Grows", JPM, 2013.

Topic:

Antibiotic stewardship with Gregory Gahm, MD

References:

FDA Fluoroquinolone Box Warning

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