A bipartisan group of 60 senators—led by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ben Cardin (D-MD), John Thune (R-SD), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)—has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and...
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) looked at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Care Compare website and concluded that it could be improved. Care Compare was developed to help consumers select a nursing home...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the Final Score Preview period for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Authorized representatives of practices, virtual groups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM)...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join A candle provides one small light, but it can illuminate a room or a path. The same is true of program sessions at the AMDA Annual Conference. One presentation can light the way for many care teams and improve care...
To assess whether a measure of leadership support for worker safety, health, and well-being predicts staff turnover in nursing homes after controlling for other factors.
Polypharmacy and frailty are 2 prevalent geriatric syndromes in the older population, and medication review and deprescription may be beneficial. The Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions in Frail adults with limited life expectancy (...
This systematic review aims to reevaluate the role of minerals on muscle mass, muscle strength, physical performance, and the prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling and institutionalized older adults.
Muscle weakness, assessed by grip strength, has been shown to predict postoperative mortality in older patients with cancer. Because lower extremity muscle strength well reflects physical performance, we examined whether lower knee extension muscle...
Increased aging has increased the number of older adults with multimorbidity who have reduced quality of life1 because of the suboptimal identification of palliative care (PC) needs, which may result in unequal care access.1
