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Relationships Between Social, Physical, and Psychological Factors in Older Persons: Frailty as an Outcome in Network Analysis

JAMDA
March 27, 2020
Frailty is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by social, physical, and psychological stressors. Network analysis is a graphical statistical technique that can contribute to the understanding of this complex, multifactorial phenomenon. The aim...

Does the Formulation of Oral Solid Dosage Forms Affect Acceptance and Adherence in Older Patients? A Mixed Methods Systematic Review

JAMDA
March 27, 2020
Age-related changes mean that the older population can encounter barriers toward taking medication orally. Further work is needed to identify the characteristics of oral solid dosage forms that will improve patient acceptance and adherence. The aim...

Podcast Guest Shares Her Story on the Challenges, Joys of Caregiving

Spotlight
March 26, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join AMDA On-The-Go podcast host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, started a recent program with a powerful story. He recalled that as co-leader of an Alzheimer’s support group years ago, he met someone who made a lasting...

Cancer Pain in Relation to Metropolitan Area Segregation and Nursing Home Racial and Ethnic Composition

JAMDA
March 26, 2020
To estimate pain reporting among residents with cancer in relation to metropolitan area segregation and NH racial and ethnic composition.

Health Care Utilization and Unmet Needs in Chinese Older Adults With Multimorbidity and Functional Impairment

JAMDA
March 25, 2020
China has the world's largest aging population, of which 46% have multimorbidity and 38% have functional impairment. Older adults with multimorbidity often suffer functional impairment as well; however, it is not clear how current health care...

Skilled Nursing Facility Differences in Readmission Rates by the Diagnosis-Related Group Category of the Initial Hospitalization

JAMDA
March 23, 2020
The US Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General report on nursing homes found that skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) exhibit wide differences in overall hospital readmission rates.1 Because there is evidence that hospital...

COVID-19: AMDA Offers Real-Time Guidance

Spotlight
COVID-19
March 20, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join AMDA is staying on top of the news and updates on COVID-19 and sharing them promptly with our members. Practitioners and their teams are frontline heroes in efforts to address this pandemic, and we want to ensure...

CMS Delays Minimum Data Set Release

Policy Snapshot
March 20, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is delaying the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 v1.18.1 release—which had been scheduled for October 1, 2020—in response to stakeholder concerns. The MDS item sets are used by nursing home and swing...

Society Advocates for Expansion of SNF Telehealth

Policy Snapshot
March 19, 2020
Last week the Society continued to push for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to lift the once a month restrictions on telehealth visits in nursing facilities. The Society continues to tell CMS that our clinicians are on the...

Quality Payment Program: 2020 Facility-Based Status

Policy Snapshot
March 19, 2020
Facility-based measurement offers clinicians and groups the opportunity to receive scores in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Quality and Cost performance categories based on the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program score earned by...