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Friday, October 18
All times are in conference time (Eastern)
Schedule
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Commonwealth Foyer
Registration and Exhibit Hall Open
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Salons CDE
Breakfast
7:50 AM - 8:00 AM
Salons AB
Welcome
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Salons AB
Update from PALTmed - the Next Generation of AMDA

This session will provide an overview of the latest advancements and initiatives from the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed). Participants will gain insights into how PALTmed is transforming the landscape of post-acute and long-term care medicine. The session will cover new clinical guidelines, educational resources, and future strategic directions.

Michelle Zinnert, CAE
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Salons AB
Bob and his Bowl of Pills: Considerations for Use and De-prescribing of PPIs and Supplements in Post-Acute & Long-Term Care

Older adults frequently present to nursing home care with long and burdensome medication regimens. Poly-pharmacy can contributes to increased pill burden, increased medication-related costs, and potential adverse effects. This session will use a case-based approach to review indication and evidence of benefit for several commonly prescribed medications including proton pump inhibitors, multivitamin supplements and probiotics with the goal of promoting effective and safe prescribing.

Suzanne Gillespie, MD, CMD
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Commonwealth Foyer
Break with Exhibitors
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Salons AB
Clinical Update in COPD Management

This session will focus on providing the audience an update on the latest GOLD guidelines from 2023/2024 with a special focus on management of acute exacerbation of COPD, chronic management and inhaler choice, and the role of more inhaler technique education.

Christian Bergman, MD, CMD
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Salons AB
Teams Built for Quality: Staffing the Nursing Home

This session will discuss recent staffing mandates for nursing homes and trends in nursing facility characteristics. Strategies to engage and sustain interdisciplinary teams built for quality will be explored.

Suzanne Gillespie, MD, CMD
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Salons AB
Long-Term Care Medicine Forum
Suzanne Gillespie, MD, CMD
Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD
Thomas Lawrence, MD, CMD
Christian Bergman, MD, CMD
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Salons AB
Annual Business meeting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Salons CDE
Lunch and Exhibit Hall Open

Lunch ISS - Sponsored by Otsuka

Speaker: Dr. John Timko

Title: Agitation Associated With Dementia Due to Alzheimer’s Disease: An Expert Discusses Disease Impact and Management Considerations

Description: This program will cover the prevalence, impact, and clinical presentation of agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, the audience will review the current clinical care landscape of agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Salons AB
Update on Telemedicine

The presentation will review the evidence for the effectiveness and quality of telemedicine in the long term care setting. Considerations when implementing telemedicine will be reviewed. The current status of payment and regulation regarding telemedicine in long term care will be reviewed.

Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Salons AB
Sleep in LTC Residents

Identifying various contributory factors to the etiology of sleep disorders in LTC residents and approach to management.

Shachi Tyagi, MD, MS
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Commonwealth Foyer
Break with Exhibitors
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Salons AB
Managing Clinical Regulatory Requirements in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Collaboration is Key

 

This session will describe a variety of collaborative practice models that can be utilized by advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners and physician associates) and physicians across different PALTC settings (skilled nursing facilities, nursing home, assisted living, and homecare). Participants will learn how advanced practice providers can be actively involved in meeting PALTC regulatory requirements, expand billing opportunities, and address quality improvement initiatives in PALTC collaborative practices.

Elizabeth Galik, CRNP
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Salons AB
Falls With Minor Head Impact in LTC

This session will present an overview of the literature regarding falls with head trauma. The use of anticoagulation with residents who fall with definite/potential head trauma will be addressed. Staff neurologic assessments after falls will be discussed along with liability concerns.

Daniel Haimowitz, MD
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Salons AB
Geriatric Deprescribing Update

This session will review current initiatives in Geriatric Deprescribing with particular focus on the LTC clinical setting. A general update of deprescribing practices will be presented. The most recent update of the Beers Criteria will be reviewed highlighting applications to the LTC population. The international START and STOPP criteria from the 2023 update will be reviewed with a focus on interventions most appropriate to the LTC practice setting.

Thomas Lawrence, MD, CMD
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Salons CDE
Friday Night Reception

Sponsored by Sound Long-Term Care Management

 

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