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New Report on U.S. Health Care Spending

Policy Snapshot
May 21, 2021
A new report from the American Medical Association (AMA) provides a detailed look at the official U.S. health care spending estimates through 2019 using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It also presents preliminary...

Community Discharge Among Post-Acute Nursing Home Residents: An Association With Patient Safety Culture?

JAMDA
May 21, 2021
We examined whether better patient safety culture (PSC) in skilled nursing facilities was associated with higher likelihood of successful community discharge for post-acute care residents.

POLST Is More Than a Code Status Order Form: Suggestions for Appropriate POLST Use in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
May 21, 2021
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is a medical order form used to document preferences about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), medical interventions such as hospitalization, care in the intensive care unit, and/or ventilation...

Intranasal Oxytocin Improves Lean Muscle Mass and Lowers LDL Cholesterol in Older Adults with Sarcopenic Obesity: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
May 21, 2021
Obesity is associated with sarcopenia in older adults, and weight loss can lead to further muscle mass loss. Oxytocin decreases with age, and animal studies suggest that oxytocin administration has trophic effects on skeletal muscle cells and...

Both Opportunities and Challenges in the Post-Pandemic World

Spotlight
May 20, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join While everyone is eager to move beyond the pandemic, it is essential to examine what we’ve been through, where there were triumphs and failures, and what changes will be necessary and beneficial moving forward...

Laxative Agents in Nursing Homes: An Example of Prescribing Cascade

JAMDA
May 20, 2021
Laxatives are among the most prescribed medications to nursing home (NH) patients, and we evaluated the hypothesis that laxative agents could be prescribed as a result of a prescribing cascade. The aims of the study are (1) to investigate the use of...

Greater Quadriceps Muscle Mass at Post-Acute Care Admission is Associated with Better Swallowing Ability at Discharge among Adults with Stroke

JAMDA
May 20, 2021
This study aimed to examine the relationship between muscle mass and intramuscular adipose tissue of the quadriceps at post-acute care admission and recovery of swallowing ability in patients with stroke.

Geriatric Rehabilitation Inpatients Roam at Home! A Matched Cohort Study of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Home-Based and Hospital-Based Settings

JAMDA
May 19, 2021
This study aimed to describe objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in geriatric rehabilitation patients receiving care in the home-based compared to the hospital-based setting.

State Variation in Chronic Opioid Use in Long-Term Care Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
May 19, 2021
Policies and regulations on opioid use have evolved from being primarily state-to federally based. We examined the trends and variation in chronic opioid use among states and nursing homes.

May 16, 2021

Weekly Roundup
May 16, 2021
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