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2011 Highlights
AMDA Access Subscription Service
Atrial Fibrillation in the Long Term Care Setting
Constipation and Diarrhea in the Long Term Care Setting
Guide to Long Term Care Coding, Reimbursement and Documentation
Know-It-All Cards
Mental Health Documentation in the Nursing Home
Multidisciplinary Medication Management Manual
Practical Psychiatry in the Long Term Care Home: A Handbook for Staff
Psychiatry in Long Term Care
AMDA Access Subscription Service 
Nursing home administrators, Directors of Nursing, owners, and operators often request additional copies of Caring for the Ages and other AMDA offerings, such as job postings. Hearing these needs expressed repeatedly, we present the AMDA Access Subscription Service to meet the needs of the non-member audience.
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- Caring for the Ages one-year subscription
- Ten percent (10%) discount off AMDA products (non-member pricing)
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AMDA Access 2
- Caring for the Ages one-year subscription
- Ten percent (10%) discount off AMDA products (non-member pricing)
- One (1) AMDA website job posting
COST: $344 (a combined $150 savings off the individual Caring for the Ages subscription fee and website job posting MEMBER rate)
AMDA Access 3
- Caring for the Ages one-year subscription
- Twenty percent (20%) discount off AMDA products (non-member pricing)
- Two (2) AMDA website job postings
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Atrial Fibrillation in the Long Term Care Setting
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a serious health problem, the most common arrhythmia requiring hospital admission and is associated with an increase in mortality.  Because the prevalence of AF increases steadily with age, the number of patients in the LTC setting who have or are at risk for AF can be expected to rise in the near future. An urgent need therefore exists for LTC interdisciplinary teams to understand AF and to be able to address it promptly and effectively. Members of the LTC interdisciplinary team need to understand the importance of AF and contribute to an individualized management plan to reduce complications and optimize quality of life for patients with AF.
The treatment of AF involves choosing treatment goals and strategies and deciding whether to pursue certain medical or surgical treatments. The practitioner and patient has several goals to consider in managing AF, prevention of stroke and systemic thromboembolism; prevention of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy; control of symptoms and; restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm. Treatment to achieve these goals in this population has many challenges. The information in this kit discusses the challenges of this population and will help guide the practitioner in that decision making. The information presented in this kit will also help the IDT recognize both the descript and non descript sign and symptoms of AF as well as the risk factor to be able to know when to call in the practitioner for that medically necessary visit.
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Product Code: AF-LTC
Member Price: $40.00
Non - Member Price: $60.00
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Constipation and Diarrhea in the Long Term Care Setting
Constipation and diarrhea are common problems in the LTC setting. Up to 80% of patients are affected.Chronic constipation has been shown to affect both overall psychological well being and quality of life. Diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in this population. Given the prevalence of these two disorders, their morbidity and mortality rates, and their impact on patients’ quality of life, it is important that IDT members of the LTC team are trained to recognize common signs and symptoms and report them to the practitioner in a timely manner. The guidance in this kit helps the members of the IDT and practitioners carefully recognize, assess, treat, and monitor these conditions in the frail elder person, leading to more effective patient specific interventions that can reduce the burden of constipation and diarrhea.
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Product Code: CD-LTC
Member Price: $25.00
Non - Member Price:
$40.00
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Guide to Long Term Care Coding, Reimbursement and Documentation
AMDA has revamped its Guide to Long Term Care Coding, Reimbursement and Documentation. The updated publication contains documentation requirements,  as well as one or two AMDA-developed coding vignettes for each of the nursing home family of codes. The booklet also has frequently asked questions, including a question on the use of the prolonged service codes. The 2011 revised edition includes modified language to address the deletion of the consultation codes and newly added frequently asked questions on skilled nursing facility telehealth. Your purchase also includes an exclusive Web site link to examples of the documentation needed for each of the following vignettes (e.g. history and physicals, and subsequent visits in SOAP format).
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Product Code: COD4R
Member Price: $25.00
Non - Member Price: $35.00
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Know-It-All Before You Call - Data Collection Cards
These data collection cards are intended to help nursing staff evaluate patients and collect data before notifying a practitioner of changes of condition in nursing facility residents.  This allows the practitioner to receive more complete, clinically important information about the patient and his or her problem in order to facilitate clinical decision-making.
Studies show that practitioners value a complete and accurate history more than any other factor (e.g., physical exam and labs) to help them diagnose and manage residents appropriately. Using these cards appropriately will to help improve communication between practitioners and the licensed nurse and ultimately improve patient care. Medical directors, directors of nursing and staff educators may also want to use the contents of the cards as an educational tool to train staff about change of condition issues.
Included are introductory cards on how to use the set and 78 change of condition cards listed alphabetically.
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Product Code: KNOW
Member Price: $45
Non-Member Price: $65
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Multidisciplinary Medication Management Manual
Medication management is an important part of quality care in the long-term care (LTC) setting. Despite the best efforts of dedicated practitioners and interdisciplinary team leaders, however, it is difficult to eliminate medication errors and adverse drug events. Medication errors endanger the health of the geriatric population, fill emergency rooms and hospital beds, and contribute to escalating health care costs. In keeping with the multidisciplinary nature of the LTC setting, this manual is designed to be used by practitioners, licensed nursing staff, administrators, licensed therapists, pharmacists, surveyors, and other caregivers in the LTC setting.
It is the responsibility of every team member in the LTC continuum to address the problem of medication errors and to take an active role in implementing solutions. Effective communication channels, interdisciplinary skills and knowledge, and streamlined management systems all contribute to more appropriate medication management and better patient outcomes.
The purpose of this manual is to provide practitioners in the LTC setting with information and tools to help them improve patient care, enhance medication management, and reduce medication errors. These improvements will occur through the active and informed involvement of interdisciplinary team leaders and members and the use of tools that are user-friendly and effective.
By using the guidance in this manual professionals should be able to
- Identify both actual and potential medication-related problems,
- Improve systems and processes of care,
- Reduce the clinical and financial impact of inappropriate medication use,
- Provide medication management education to members of the interdisciplinary team, and
- Improve the medical care of LTC patients through more appropriate medication use.
This manual consists of an introduction, 15 chapters and an appendix.
- Prescribing
- Transcribing
- Documentation
- Therapeutic Goals
- Appropriate Prescribing of Psychoactive Agents in the Long-Term Care Setting
- Drug Concentrations and Laboratory Monitoring Related to Drug Therapy
- Medication Administration
- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Preventing, Identifying, and Resolving Adverse Medication Events
- Optimizing Medication Dispensing, Delivery, and Verification
- Infusion Services in the Long-Term Care Setting
- Formulary Management and Drug Utilization
- Controlled Substances
- Role of the Interdisciplinary Team in Medication Management
- Role of the Medical Director in Medication Management
- Quality Assurance in Medication Management
This manual with over 200 pages is available for the introductory price of $110 for AMDA members and $150 for non-members.
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Product Code: MED
Member Price: $110
Non-Member Price: $150
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Mental Health Documentation in the Nursing Home
A web-based, downloadable monograph created to assist primary care physicians (medical directors and attending physicians) in documenting mental health issues as required by law. Content is organized to walk physicians through five specific stages of mental health documentation: preadmission; admission; at times of cognitive/behavioral/mood changes; monitoring processes once an intervention has been implemented; and, clinical and regulatory documentation necessary when residents are placed on psychoactive medications. It provides sample data-gathering collection tools and templates, and sample forms to record decisions on and monitoring use of psychoactive medications.
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Product Code: MHD1
Member Price: $20.00
Non - Member Price: $35.00
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Practical Psychiatry in the Long Term Care Home: A Handbook for Staff
3rd completely revised and expanded edition 2007; David K. Conn, Nathan Herrmann, Alanna Kaye, Dmytro Rewilak, Barbara Schogt (Editors). Hogrefe & Huber Publishers. 328 pages, hardcover
This is a practical book, aimed at providing training and guidance for staff members in long term care facilities. Content is practical, understandable, clinically relevant, user friendly, and jargon free, with the goal to help staff understand and solve the wide range of psychiatric and behavioral problems which are encountered on a day-to-day basis. Numerous clinical case illustrations are presented along with practical management strategies. The material is invaluable for nurses, physicians, social workers, psychologists, and occupational therapists. Frontline health care aides, supervisors, and administrators will also find the information useful.
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Product Code: PSY-STAFF
Member Price: $50.00
Non - Member Price: $56.00
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Psychiatry in Long Term Care
Second edition 2009; William E. Reichman, Paul R. Katz (Editors). Oxford University Press. 527 pages, hardcover
This edition of Psychiatry in Long Term Care is an important resource for care providers from all disciplines devoted to improving the well-being of people with mental health disorders living in long term care facilities. Content presents a comprehensive review of the major psychiatric disorders affecting long term care residents and incorporates methods for physician identification and treatment of these disorders. Clinical guidelines on specific disorders include reviews of contemporary strategies for successful psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions and are complemented by chapters on medicolegal considerations, ethics, and education of care staff.
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Product Code: PSY-LTC
Member Price: $60.00
Non - Member Price: $70.00
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