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Advancing Clinical Trials in Nursing Homes: A Proposed Roadmap to Success

JAMDA
December 22, 2021
An effective clinical research effort in nursing homes to address prevention and treatment of COVID-19 faced overwhelming challenges. Under the Health Care Systems Research Network-Older Americans Independence Centers AGING Initiative, a...

Nontraditional Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Events in Active Octogenarians

JAMDA
December 22, 2021
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is highly prevalent and contributes to disease burden and mortality in older adults.1 The American Heart Association concluded that CVD is the leading cause of death in octogenarians, followed by cancer and Alzheimer’s...

Reimagining Postdiagnostic Care and Support in Young-Onset Dementia

JAMDA
December 21, 2021
Although dementia has a profound impact in general, young-onset dementia causes additional problems and challenges as people are affected in their prime years. Awareness has increased that people with young-onset dementia and their families have...

Reimagining Financing and Payment of Long-Term Care

JAMDA
December 20, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed fundamental problems with the structure of long-term care financing and payment in the United States. The piecemeal system that exists suffers from several key problems, including underfunding, fragmentation across...

Comparative Effectiveness of 3 Settings of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy on Cognition and Quality of Life for People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

JAMDA
December 20, 2021
To compare and rank the effectiveness of group cognitive stimulation therapy (group CST), maintenance cognitive stimulation therapy (MCST), and individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST) on cognition and quality of life (QoL) in people with...

Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JAMDA
December 18, 2021
To establish and validate a nomogram that predicts the risk of sarcopenia for community-dwelling older residents.

The Need to Consider Relocations WITHIN Long-Term Care

JAMDA
December 18, 2021
The RELOCARE (relocations in long-term care) consortium aims to raise awareness of the topic of relocations in long-term care. Some older people living in a long-term care facility experiences (involuntary) relocations. Relocations in long-term care...

Updated 2022 CMS QRDA III Implementation Guide and Sample Files for Eligible Clinicians and Professionals

Policy Snapshot
December 17, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update to the 2022 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG) and Sample Files . The 2022 CMS QRDA III IG outlines requirements...

Provider Relief Fund Reopened Until December 20

Policy Snapshot
December 17, 2021
The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Period 1 portal has been reopened from 9:00 AM ET on December 13, 2021, through 11:59 PM ET on December 20, 2021. During this time, PRF recipients may register, request corrections, and/or submit their report...

Reasons to Attend PALTC22

Spotlight
December 17, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rollin Wright, MD, chair of AMDA’s Annual Conference Program Planning Subcommittee, could offer dozens of reasons why everyone should attend PALTC22 in Baltimore, MD, or digitally March 10-13, 2022. Here are five:...