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CMS Releases New Information to Help Health-Care Providers Prepare for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11

Policy Snapshot
February 24, 2023
To help health care providers prepare for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published updates about how the Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance...

NEW SDOH Information Exchange Toolkit and Learning Forum

Policy Snapshot
February 24, 2023
The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Information Exchange Toolkit is a new resource focused on identifying the Foundational Elements that can support successful and sustainable implementation of SDOH information exchange. The toolkit is designed...

BPCI Advanced—Now Available: Model Extension Request for Applications (RFA)

Policy Snapshot
February 24, 2023
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting applications from Medicare-enrolled providers, suppliers, and Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to participate in the forthcoming two-year extension of the Bundled...

Order of Onset of Physical Frailty and Cognitive Impairment and Risk of Repeated Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JAMDA
February 24, 2023
To examine whether physical frailty onset before, after, or in concert with cognitive impairment is differentially associated with fall incidence in community-dwelling older adults.

New AMDA Course: Improve Psychiatric Outcomes with Skills, Competencies

Spotlight
February 23, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join According to one study, between 65% and 90% of nursing home residents have a mental or behavioral health problem. Yet there is a shortage of psychiatric practitioners with expertise in geriatrics. However, facility...

Apolipoprotein E ε4 Modifies the Effect of Possible Anticholinergic Drugs on Incident Dementia: The Shanghai Aging Study

JAMDA
February 23, 2023
To validate the hypothesis that apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 modifies the effect of possible anticholinergic drugs (PACDs) on incident dementia among older adults.

The Role of Individual-Level Socioeconomic Status on Nursing Home Placement Accounting for Neighborhood Characteristics

JAMDA
February 22, 2023
Independent living is desirable for many older adults. Although several factors such as physical and cognitive functions are important predictors for nursing home placement (NHP), it is also reported that socioeconomic status (SES) affects the risk...

State Variation in Antipsychotic Use Among Assisted Living Residents With Dementia

JAMDA
February 22, 2023
More than two-thirds of assisted living (AL) residents have dementia or cognitive impairment and antipsychotics are commonly prescribed for behavioral disturbances. As AL communities are regulated by state-level policies, which vary significantly...

Patterns of Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity and Their Association with Changes in Physical and Functional Performance in Geriatric Rehabilitation Inpatients

JAMDA
February 22, 2023
To examine whether The Ending PyJama (PJ) Paralysis campaign, focused on increasing in-hospital physical activity, affects objectively measured sedentary behavior and physical activity patterns and if these are associated with changes in physical...

Potential Risk Factors for, and Clinical Implications of, Delirium during Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Matched Case-Control Study

JAMDA
February 21, 2023
To investigate the association between a wide set of baseline characteristics (age, sex, rehabilitation discipline), functional scores [Functional Independence Measure (FIM), cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS)], diseases, and administered drugs...