AMDA ON-THE-GO

Explore the field of post-acute and long-term care, with expert interviews, journal article reviews, innovations news, and more. Statements made by guests on this podcast are their own opinions and are not necessarily the positions of the Society. Speakers’ appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them, their views, or any entity they represent.

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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:
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Staff Turnover Intention at Long-Term Care Facilities: Implications of Resident Aggression, Burnout, and Fatigue
Date Recorded: March 25, 2024
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Monday Mar 18, 2024

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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Sunday Mar 10, 2024

Episode: March 2024
Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD
Guest(s): Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP (editor-in-chief)
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Dr. Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, editor-in-chief Dr. Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, discuss our March issue of Caring for the Ages. This month, our cover features the last editorial from long-time member of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and Caring’s regular columnist, Dr. Steven Levenson, who sadly passed away in January. Drs. Galik and Steinberg also discuss a workforce initiative known as the Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative, the importance of engaging caregivers in transitions, and Dr. Galik’s own recent experience as a caregiver for her aging parents.
Featured Articles:
Medical Aid in Dying Laws: The Hidden Conflicts and Controversies
Remembering Steven Levenson, MD, CMD
How Nursing Home Leadership Strengthens the Workforce Pipeline Through the Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative
In the Thick of It: How to Survive as a Caregiver of an Aging Relative 
Caregivers, the Secret Sauce in Care Transitions 
Date Recorded: February 29, 2024
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Sunday Mar 03, 2024

Join special guest, Dr. Swati Gaur, and your host, Dr. Diane Sanders-Cepeda, for this special episode of FMDA’s Journal Club, Antimicrobial Stewardship & Quality.
This session focused on the following Learning Objectives:
Revisit current guidance and protocols for Antimicrobial Stewardship in our PALTC facilities.
Discuss how we are tackling vaccinations as it relates to COVID, Flu and RSV in our PALTC facilities for both residents and staff.
Describe the challenges that PALTC facilities have with the spread of drug resistant pathogens such as Candida auris.
Provide examples of interdisciplinary approaches to combatting the over prescribing of antibiotics and share how this impacts the quality of care for PALTC residents.
Review how our PALTC Facilities can work with their QIO to educate and implement policies on Antimicrobial Stewardship.
Recorded: February 14, 2024
Guest Panelists:  Amina Dubuisson, DNP, MBA/HCM, RN, LNHA, CDP; Deborah Franklin, MHA, NHA; and Toby Philpot
Hosted by: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
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Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Episode: Assisted Living Three-Part Series | Current Landscape of AL (Part 1 of 3)
Host: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Guest(s): Michael Nash, MD, CMD; Katie O’Brien, MD, CMD
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, and special guests Michael Nash, MD, CMD, and Katie O’Brien, MD, CMD, discuss the current state of assisted living including demographics, criteria, and emerging models of medical care. 
Date Recorded: February 13, 2024
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Wednesday Feb 21, 2024

Wednesday Feb 21, 2024

Episode: February 2024
Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD
Guest(s): Victoria Shier, PhD, MPA; Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP (co-editor-in-chief)
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, and co-editor-in-chief Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, will talk with Victoria Shier, PhD, MPA, about her work on the association between state dementia training requirements for nursing homes and the use of antipsychotic medications. In addition to Dr. Victoria Shier's paper, the following articles will be highlighted and reviewed: (1) Telemedicine in Nursing Home Residents Requiring a Call to an Emergency Medical Communication Center; (2) Focusing on Provider Quality Measurement: Continued Consensus and Feasibility Testing of Practice-Based Quality Measures for Primary Care Providers in Long-Term Care; (3) Effects of an Exercise Program to Reduce Falls in Older People Living in Long-Term Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Articles Referenced:
The Impact of State Dementia Training Requirements for Nursing Homes on Antipsychotic Medication Use
Telemedicine in Nursing Home Residents Requiring a Call to an Emergency Medical Communication Center
Focusing on Provider Quality Measurement: Continued Consensus and Feasibility Testing of Practice-Based Quality Measures for Primary Care Providers in Long-Term Care
Effects of an Exercise Program to Reduce Falls in Older People Living in Long-Term Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Date Recorded: February 9, 2024
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Wednesday Feb 07, 2024

Episode: Ageism Two-Part Series | Is Ageism the Cornerstone of our PALTC Infrastructure? (Part 2 of 2)
Host: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Guest(s): Cynthia Kuttner, MD, CMD; Fatima Naqvi, MD, CMD
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, and special guests Cynthia Kuttner, MD, CMD, and Fatima Naqvi, MD, CMD discuss our approach to policies and procedures in the PALTC environment and how ageism influences our infrastructure.
Date Recorded: January 10, 2024
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Monday Jan 29, 2024

Episode: January 2024
Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD
Guest(s): Gregory L. Alexander, PhD, RN; Micah Segelman, PhD; Paul Katz, MD, CMD (co-editor-in-chief)
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, and co-editor-in-chief Paul Katz, MD, CMD, will talk with two authors, Gregory L. Alexander, PhD, RN and Micah Segelman, PhD, about their recent JAMDA articles. First, Gregory L. Alexander, PhD, RN, will discuss a survey of technology abandonment in US nursing homes. Then Micah Segelman, PhD, will report on the outcomes for long stay nursing facility residents following on-site acute care under a CMS initiative. Finally, co-editor-in-chief Paul Katz, MD, CMD, will review a study examining the use of psychotropic, anticonvulsant, and opioid medications in assisted living residents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Articles Referenced:
A Survey of Technology Abandonment in US Nursing Homes
Outcomes for Long-Stay Nursing Facility Residents Following On-Site Acute Care Under a CMS Initiative
Psychotropic, Anticonvulsant, and Opioid Use in Assisted Living Residents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date Recorded: January 22, 2024
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Friday Jan 19, 2024

Episode: Ageism Two-Part Series | The Culture of Aging and the Bias of Ageism (Part 1 of 2)
Host: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Guest(s): Cynthia Kuttner, MD, CMD; Fatima Naqvi, MD, CMD
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, and special guests Cynthia Kuttner, MD, CMD, and Fatima Naqvi, MD, CMD discuss our attitudes toward aging and how that permeates throughout PALTC care settings and across health care.
Date Recorded: January 10, 2024
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Thursday Jan 18, 2024

Episode: BPSD Bootcamp: What to Do in a Crisis? (Part 2 of 2)
Host: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Guest(s): Tana Whitt, MSN, PMHNP-BC; Charissa Duffy, DNP, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC; Anthony Nedelman, PhD
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, and special guests Tana Whitt, MSN, PMHNP-MC; Charissa Duffy DNP, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, and Anthony Nedelman, PhD, discuss behavioral and psychological symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) to provide listeners with clear guidance on non-pharmacological crisis interventions, de-escalations, and pharmacological interventions available to patients and residents with BPSD.
Date Recorded: November 9, 2023
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