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JAMDA
July 6, 2018
Questionnaires are commonly used by researchers to collect information from assisted living and residential care (AL/RC) communities. Alongside concerns over coverage (eg, lack of sampling frame) and design effects, community-level self-selection...
JAMDA
July 6, 2018
Gait speed is a strong predictor of health outcomes, mobility, and survival in older adults.1 Assessments of usual gait speed are usually performed in clinical settings using physical performance tests.1 Self-report has recently emerged as a...
JAMDA
July 6, 2018
To provide an overview of the prevalence rates and risk factors of dehydration among nursing home residents.
Weekly Roundup
July 6, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Mark E. Williams, MD, FACP, CMD, doesn’t back away from challenges. In fact, he seems to relish them. Providing quality care for his patients is his incentive, and the results have been impressive. In three years,...
Policy Snapshot
July 5, 2018
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback is now available for review on the Quality Payment Program website. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
Policy Snapshot
July 5, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar to provide an overview and demonstration of the Data Element Library (DEL). A resource for providers, vendors, researchers, and other stakeholders that use CMS assessments,...
JAMDA
July 5, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nursing Home Compare (NHC) serves as the most comprehensive repository of Medicaid- and/or Medicare-certified nursing homes providing services to approximately 1.4 million US residents. A gap in the...
JAMDA
July 5, 2018
Sarcopenia is a common geriatric syndrome, whose diagnosis implies the assessment of muscle mass. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the reference method for clinical practice, but it is not universally available. We compared DXA with 2...
JAMDA
July 5, 2018
Medication-induced hyposalivation can increase the risk for oral complications, including dental caries and tooth loss. This problem is particularly important in people with dementia because of their declining ability to maintain oral care. The...
JAMDA
July 4, 2018
In the response letter concerning our recent article, we appreciate seeing the constructive viewpoints on how we should implement the receptive music therapy. We also spent time investigating the format of delivery, including the type of music...