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Mortality Risk of Sarcopenia in Older Subjects

JAMDA
May 10, 2021
I read the recent article published in this journal and written by Scheerman et al1 with great interest. The authors investigated the association between sarcopenia, handgrip strength (HGS), muscle mass, and long-term mortality among hospitalized...

Outcomes of a Nursing Home-to-Community Care Transition Program

JAMDA
May 10, 2021
Most transitional care initiatives to reduce rehospitalization have focused on the transition that occurs between a patient's hospital discharge and return home. However, many patients are discharged from a skilled nursing facility (SNF) to their...

Derivation and Validation of a Predictive Algorithm for Long-Term Care Admission or Death

JAMDA
May 10, 2021
Older veterans prefer to remain in their homes and communities as long as possible. Although targeted delivery of home- and community-based services for veterans might delay long-term care placement, often, access to these services is inconsistently...

Variation in 30-Day Readmission Rates from Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities to Acute Care Hospitals

JAMDA
May 10, 2021
To quantify the rate of readmission from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to acute care hospitals (ACHs) during the first 30 days of rehabilitation stay. To measure variation in 30-day readmission rate across IRFs, and the extent that...

COVID-19 Cases and Death in Nursing Homes: The Role of Racial and Ethnic Composition of Facilities and Their Communities

JAMDA
May 9, 2021
To examine the extent to which the racial and ethnic composition of nursing homes (NHs) and their communities affects the likelihood of COVID-19 cases and death in NHs, and whether and how the relationship between NH characteristics and COVID-19...

May 9, 2021

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May 9, 2021
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COVID-19 and the Need for Adult Day Services

JAMDA
May 7, 2021
COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on the inequities of health care in the United States, particularly in how we care for older people. We summarize some of the effects of lockdown orders on clients, family caregivers, and staff of adult day service...

Multicomponent Rehabilitation After COVID-19 for Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
May 7, 2021
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. Nursing homes were particularly struck by the COVID-19 outbreak, with some authors considering the COVID-19 pandemic as the “...

Updated eCQM Specifications and eCQM Materials for 2022 Reporting Now Available

Policy Snapshot
May 7, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2022 reporting period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs), and the 2022 performance...

National Healthcare Safety Network Training

Policy Snapshot
May 7, 2021
The CDC is updating and simplifying the National Healthcare Safety Network ( NHSN ) modules on weekly reporting of COVID-19 vaccination data for LTC facility residents and healthcare personnel. To review these updates to the NHSN Weekly COVID-19...