AMDA Foundation Research to be Presented at Annual Symposium
The 2004 Annual Symposium offers AMDA members a number of opportunities to learn more about Foundation supported research.
Over the past two years, the AMDA Foundation/Pfizer Quality
Improvement (QI) Awards have provided nearly $100,000 to AMDA members
in support of innovative projects in education, quality improvement,
research and health literacy (communication and patient care) in long
term care.
On Saturday, March 6, 2004, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, during the AMDA Annual Symposium, a session entitled Quality Improvement Awards Projects: A One-Year Update
will showcase the 2003 award winners and their projects. Topics to be
covered include: Chronic Pain Management in LTC; An Educational Program
for Improved Heart Failure Care; Prophylaxis for Elderly Pneumonia;
Reducing Dementia-Related Agitation; Behavior Modification Training in
Nursing Assistants; Translating Effective Nutritional Interventions
into Daily Nursing Home Practice; and a Program to Improve End-of-Life
Care in LTC.
Applications for the 2004 QI awards will be accepted through
December 10, 2003. Up to 7 awards are made each year and posters
detailing the 2004 award-winners' projects will be displayed onsite at
the Annual Symposium. To request an application, contact the Foundation
at 410/992-3134 or amdafoundation@amda.com.
In addition to the QI Award presentations, on Saturday, March 6,
2004, from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, results from the AMDA Foundation LTC
Research Network studies on Statin Use; Management of Diabetes; and Do
Not Hospitalize Orders will be presented by the principle investigators
at the session Long Term Care Research Into Practice.
This session will be moderated by Larry Lawhorne, MD, AMDA Foundation
LTC Research Network Director. In the 3 years since its inception the
AMDA Foundation Long Term Care Research Network has built a coalition
of more than 300 AMDA members interested in investigative study.
Don't miss these two outstanding opportunities to tune into the Foundation's research initiatives.
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