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Podcast Addresses Challenges and Solutions for Combating Omicron Variant

Spotlight
February 23, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Just as post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners and their facilities began to see a light at the end of the COVID tunnel, the Omicron variant hit. However, as Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD, told Host Diane...

Multimorbidity Patterns and 5-Year Mortality in Institutionalized Older Adults

JAMDA
February 23, 2022
The aim was to characterize multimorbidity patterns in a large sample of older individuals living in nursing homes (NHs) and to investigate their association with mortality, also considering the effect of functional status.

Food Insecurity and Functional Disability Among Older Adults in Ghana: The Role of Sex and Physical Activity

JAMDA
February 23, 2022
We examined the associations between food insecurity and functional disability among older adults in Ghana and, the roles of sex and physical activity on the relationship.

An Expansive View of the Relationship Between Meaningful Activities and Health: A Call to Action

JAMDA
February 22, 2022
Internal medicine research and related fields are embarking on the examination of engagement in meaningful activities among adults and older adults with disabilities. Recent examples have concluded that older adults with disabilities had lower rates...

Strong Decay of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Antibodies after 2 BNT162b2 Vaccine Doses and High Antibody Response to a Third Dose in Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
February 22, 2022
To measure the antibody decay after 2 BNT162b2 doses and the antibody response after a third vaccine dose administered 6 months after the second one in nursing home residents with and without prior COVID-19.

Sunbeam Program Reduces Rate of Falls in Long-Term Care Residents With Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: Subgroup Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
February 20, 2022
The Sunbeam trial significantly reduced falls in long-term aged care (LTC) residents. The current study's primary objective was to undertake subgroup analysis of the Sunbeam trial, to determine whether the intervention was effective for reducing...

Using Medicare Enrollment Data to Identify Beneficiaries in Assisted Living

JAMDA
February 20, 2022
Develop an approach for identifying Medicare beneficiaries residing in US assisted living (AL) communities in calendar year 2018.

Identifying Appropriate Nursing Home Resources to Reduce Fall-Related Emergency Department Transfers

JAMDA
February 19, 2022
To describe potentially avoidable fall-related transfers to the emergency department (ED), and to identify infrastructure, training needs, and resources deemed appropriate for implementation in nursing homes (NHs) to decrease fall-related transfers...

COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies: FDA Authorizes Bebtelovimab

Policy Snapshot
February 18, 2022
On February 11, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adult and pediatric patients when all of these apply: They have a positive...

Now Available: MVP Development Resources

Policy Snapshot
February 18, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted new resources related to MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) development on the QPP Resource Library . The following documents are now available in the MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) Development...