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Perseverance Time of Informal Caregivers for Institutionalized Elderly: Construct Validity and Test-Retest Reliability of a Single-Question Instrument

JAMDA
June 11, 2016
Because both the relative proportion of elderly and longevity in Western populations are steadily increasing, while health care resources remain limited, societal dependency on informal care will grow. The impact of providing informal care should be...

Back-of-the-Room Realization Leads to Indispensable Tool for Practitioners

Spotlight
Care Settings/Types, Ethics, Medication Management, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Minimum Data Set, Wounds
June 10, 2016
When she was teaching geriatrics, Pam Fenstemacher, MD, CMD, sat in on a Society Core Curriculum on Medical Direction in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care program; and she made a powerful observation. “Many of the physicians, even experienced ones, didn...

Hardship Exception Deadline July 1, 2016

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
June 10, 2016
Eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that wish to use the streamlined hardship exception application must submit their application by July 1, 2016. The streamlined hardship applications reduce the...

Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes: Trend Update

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Antipsychotics
June 10, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is tracking the progress of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes by reviewing publicly reported measures. The official measure of the Partnership is the percentage...

MedPAC Opposes Payment Increases for SNFs and Urges Push for Payment Reform

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
June 10, 2016
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) issued a letter on May 25, 2016 , commenting on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule relating to payment updates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The letter,...

Register Now to Learn More about the Resource Use Performance Category

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
June 10, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites the public to join an upcoming listening session to learn more about the Resource Use performance category, which is part of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) proposed in...

Management of Apathy in the Long-Term Care Setting

JAMDA
June 10, 2016
Management of apathy is a very important issue in long-term care because many residents suffer from this syndrome. Apathy is present in many residents with neurodegenerative disorders. In Alzheimer disease, apathy is the most common behavioral...

Who Is Providing the Predominant Care for Older Adults With Dementia?

JAMDA
June 10, 2016
To identify which clinical specialties are most central for care of people with dementia in the community and long-term care (LTC) settings.

Management of Apathy in the Long-Term Care Setting

JAMDA
June 10, 2016
Management of apathy is a very important issue in long-term care because many residents suffer from this syndrome. Apathy is present in many residents with neurodegenerative disorders. In Alzheimer disease, apathy is the most common behavioral...

Who Is Providing the Predominant Care for Older Adults With Dementia?

JAMDA
June 10, 2016
To identify which clinical specialties are most central for care of people with dementia in the community and long-term care (LTC) settings.