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Modifiable Risk Factors for New-Onset Slow Gait in Older Adults

JAMDA
February 25, 2016
Despite the growing importance of slow gait as a universal screen of health, systematic investigation of risk factors for incident slow gait is lacking. Our objective was to identify potentially modifiable risk factors for incident slow gait.

Advance (Meta-) Directives for Patients with Dementia who Appear Content: Learning from a Nationwide Survey

JAMDA
February 25, 2016
Whether health care professionals should respect a properly executed advance directive (AD) refusing life support in late-stage dementia even if the patient seems contented, is an ethically contested issue. We undertook a nationwide survey to assess...

CMS Releases First Set of Core Measures Used as Basis for Quality-Based Payments

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Quality, Measures
February 24, 2016
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), as part of a broad Core Quality Measures Collaborative of health care system participants, released seven sets of clinical quality measures...

Common Ground? The Concordance of Sarcopenia and Frailty Definitions

JAMDA
February 24, 2016
This study aimed to explore the concordance between definitions of sarcopenia and frailty in a clinically relevant population of geriatric outpatients.

Low Testosterone Levels and Reduced Kidney Function in Japanese Adult Men: The Locomotive Syndrome and Health Outcome in Aizu Cohort Study

JAMDA
February 23, 2016
Findings from several experimental studies in animals have suggested a protective action of testosterone on kidney function, but hard evidence for such an association in humans is scarce. We examined the association between testosterone levels and...

A Multidimensional Risk Score to Predict All-Cause Hospitalization in Community-Dwelling Older Individuals With Obstructive Lung Disease

JAMDA
February 23, 2016
Both respiratory and nonrespiratory hospitalizations are common and costly events in older individuals with obstructive lung disease. Prevention of any hospitalization in these individuals is essential. We aimed to construct a prediction model for...

Response to the Letter from Lu et al, “Utility of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Hong Kong Version) in the Diagnosis of Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (NCD): NCD Due to Alzheimer Disease (NCD-AD) and NCD Due to Vascular Disease (NCD-Vascular)”

JAMDA
February 21, 2016
We refer to the study by Lu et al1 on the diagnostic utility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in differentiating DSM-5 mild neurocognitive disorder (NCD) from healthy controls in the Hong Kong population. The diagnostic performance of...

AMDA Joins as National Partners for the Family Caregiver Platform Project

Policy Snapshot
February 19, 2016
AMDA is proud to announce that it has joined the The Family Caregiver Platform Project. The project is a nonpartisan effort to include caregiving issues in the state party political platforms across the country. The group works to educate and...

AMDA Annual Conference to Spotlight Impact of Healthcare Reform Changes on PALTC

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Practice Management
February 19, 2016
At AMDA’s upcoming Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, a number of AMDA policy leaders will spotlight how health care reform changes will impact the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) sector. At an all-day intensive session on Thursday, March...

CMS Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents Releases Annual Report

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Transitions of Care
February 19, 2016
On February 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual report summarizing impacts from the Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents in 2014. The project is designed to test...