AMDA ON-THE-GO Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

Episode: April 2024
Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD
Guest(s): E-Shien (Iggy) Chang, PhD; Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP (co-editor-in-chief)
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Dr. Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, and co-editor-in-chief Dr. Barb Resnick, PhD, CRNP, will talk with Dr. E-Shien (Iggy) Chang, PhD, about her work exploring overt racial and ethnic conflict in resident-to-resident aggression in long-term care facilities. In addition to Dr. Chang's paper, the following articles will be highlighted and reviewed: An Integrative Review of the State of POLST Science: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?; Exploring Predictive Factors for Potentially Avoidable Emergency Department Transfers: Findings From the FINE Study; and LGBTQ+ Inclusivity Training and Education: A Toolkit for Skilled Nursing Facilities. 
Articles Referenced:
Exploring Overt Racial and Ethnic Conflict in Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Long-Term Care Facilities
An Integrative Review of the State of POLST Science: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?
Exploring Predictive Factors for Potentially Avoidable Emergency Department Transfers: Findings From the FINE Study
LGBTQ+ Inclusivity Training and Education: A Toolkit for Skilled Nursing Facilities
Date Recorded: April 12, 2024
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Episode: March 2024
Alex Bardakh, MPP, CAE, the Society’s Senior Director of Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships, shares the latest news from the nation’s capital.
Questions? Email Alex at abardakh@paltc.org.
No credit is available for this program.
 

Episode: April 2024
Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD
Guest(s): Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP (editor-in-chief); Glenn Tillotson; Allison Villegas, PA-C
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Dr. Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, and editor-in-chief Dr. Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, discuss our April issue of Caring for the Ages with special guests Glenn Tillotson PhD, FIDSA, FCCP, and Allison Villegas, PA-C. This month, we honor Ms. Villegas as the winner of the Cowles award for the most-downloaded article in 2023: “Clearing Up Misconceptions About Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Long-Term Care.” Dr. Tillotson discusses his co-authored article on clostridioides difficile in older adults, while Drs. Galik and Steinberg discuss our cover story on pets and pet therapy in long-term care and Dr. Galik's article on how to advocate for an aging relative during a skilled nursing facility stay.
Featured Articles:
Pet Presence in Long-Term Care: Making It Happen in Your CommunityClostridioides difficile: New Insights on Management in the Older PatientAdvocating for an Aging Relative During a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay: Managing Opportunities and ChallengesAdvanced Practice Providers Take Center Stage with the 2023 Cowles Award      Award Winner: Clearing Up Misconceptions About Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Long-Term Care
Date Recorded: April 5, 2024
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Episode: RSV Vaccinations in PALTC
Host: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Guest(s): Ann R. Falsey, MD
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, and special guest Ann R. Falsey, MD, will discuss respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines, the current RSV Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations, and how this impacts our PALTC community.
Date Recorded: April 1, 2024
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Episode: March 2024
Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD
Guest(s): Emily Morgan, MD; Jessica Rice Williams, PhD; Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP (co-editor-in-chief); Paul Katz, MD, CMD (co-editor-in-chief)
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Dr. Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD, and co-editors-in-chief Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, and Paul Katz, MD, CMD, will discuss three articles from the March issue. The topics include a paper that links payroll data, as a measure of facility-level turnover, to leadership commitment to workers. A second paper reports on a practical, evidence-based approach to implementing the 4Ms in long-term care. Finally, they will review a study conducted in Hong Kong that examines the link between aggression from residents in long-term care facilities to staff intention to leave, burnout and fatigue.
Articles Referenced:
Age-Friendly Framework in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Implementing the 4Ms in Long-Term Care
Can Better Leadership Reduce Nursing Home Staff Turnover?
     Resources Discussed by the Author During Podcast:
     Total Worker Health® | CDC     Video Library     Are You Ready?     Implementation Toolkits
Staff Turnover Intention at Long-Term Care Facilities: Implications of Resident Aggression, Burnout, and Fatigue
Date Recorded: March 25, 2024
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Episode: Assisted Living Three-Part Series | Transitions of Care and Challenges in AL  (Part 2 of 3)
Host: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Guest(s): Michael Nash, MD, CMD; Katie O’Brien, MD, CMD; Sing Palat, MD, CMD
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, and special guests Michael Nash, MD, CMD, Katie O’Brien, MD, CMD, and Sing Palat, MD, CMD, discuss how varying methods of delivering medical care in assisted living communities can lead to challenges in transitions of care, both to and from emergency departments, acute care, and skilled nursing facility settings. The concept of microtransitions will also be reviewed, as well as ways to meet these challenges going forward.
Date Recorded: March 4, 2024
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