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HCP LAN Issues Alternative Payment Model Roadmap

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Payment, Practice Management, Practitioners
April 4, 2019
This week, the Healthcare Payment Learning and Action Network (HCP LAN) announced that the Roadmap for Driving High Performance in Alternative Payment Models is now live and available for use. This roadmap lets you explore this interactive, web-...

One Way Out? A Multistate Transition Model of Outcomes After Nursing Home Admission

JAMDA
April 4, 2019
To understand how the odds of both adverse and positive transitions vary over the course of episodes of care in nursing homes.

Predicting First-Time Injurious Falls in Older Men and Women Living in the Community: Development of the First Injurious Fall Screening Tool

JAMDA
April 3, 2019
The aim of this study was to create a screening tool to predict first-time injurious falls in community-living older men and women.

Frailty Should Not Be a Justification for Not Prescribing Anticoagulation in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

JAMDA
April 3, 2019
We have read with great interest the article by Alagiakrishnan et al1 and we fully agree with their conclusion advising physicians to be aware of the association of atrial fibrillation (AF) with numerous geriatric syndromes.1 AF is the most common...

Frailty and Somatic Comorbidity in Older Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms

JAMDA
April 3, 2019
To examine the level of frailty and somatic comorbidity in older patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and compare this to patients with medically explained symptoms (MES).

Scalability of an IT Intervention to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
April 3, 2019
Pressure ulcers pose an important quality-of-care challenge in nursing homes, with serious consequences for residents' health. We assessed the scalability of the On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention (On-Time) intervention strategy, developed by the...

Copper for the Prevention of Outbreaks of Health Care–Associated Infections in a Long-term Care Facility for Older Adults

JAMDA
April 3, 2019
We aimed to study the efficacy of copper as an antimicrobial agent by comparing incidence rates during outbreaks in areas equipped vs not equipped with copper surfaces in a long-term facility for dependent older adults (nursing home).

Inaccuracy of Self-Completed COPD Assessment Test by Older Patients Leads to Underestimation of Disease Severity

JAMDA
April 3, 2019
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a life-threatening condition, represents a considerable public health and socioeconomic challenge.1 Symptoms of this long-lasting respiratory disease can significantly impair patients' daily physical...

In This Issue

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
A recent trip to the Society’s annual conference inspired Caring’s editor in chief to share memories of his childhood in Atlanta. 2

Functional Decline and Psychosocial Changes With Parkinson’s Disease

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2019
Mr. R is a 79-year-old white male with a history of Parkinson’s disease, hypothyroidism, depression, benign prostatic hypertrophy, degenerative joint disease, and hypertension. He transitioned into the nursing home 3 years ago when his care needs,...