The diverse array of individuals who receive long-term services and supports share one common experience, which is the need for assistance with personal care and/or other daily activities. The direct care workers (including nursing assistants, home...
One in 5 US adults (53 million people) provide long-term care to persons who are aging, disabled, and chronically ill.1 This informal workforce—referred to as family caregivers—perform medical tasks, help with activities of daily living, prepare...
To examine the association between hospice/staffing regulations in residential care or assisted living (RC/AL) and hospice utilization among a national cohort of Medicare decedents residing in RC/AL at least 1 day during the last month of life, and...
Orthogeriatrics (a holistic and multidisciplinary shared-care approach for older trauma patients) is increasingly embraced as a promising collaborative care model by both medical and surgical health care providers (HCPs) to improve outcomes in this...
Long-term services and supports (LTSS), including care received at home and in residential settings such as nursing homes, are highly racially segregated; Black, Indigenous, and persons of color (BIPOC) users have less access to quality care and...
Decades of concerns about the quality of care provided by nursing homes have led state and federal agencies to create layers of regulations and penalties. As such, regulatory efforts to improve nursing home care have largely focused on the...
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, hospital-based liaison geriatric units (LGUs) were created in Spanish hospitals with the aim to improve health care coordination between nursing homes (NHs) and hospitals. Our university hospital created a...
Healthy life expectancy has been a useful indicator of population health that combines length and quality of life into a single measure,1 which is usually defined as the number of years living in optimal health without diseases and/or disability...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the year six report on the Independence at Home (IAH) demonstration project. Here are the key takeaways: The results of the evaluation of the demonstration’s first six years provide no...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to address the questions that it has been receiving regarding visitation in nursing homes. This additional information is helpful to...
