Care home residents comprise a significant minority of ambulance patients, but little is known about how care homes impact ambulance service workload. This study aims to quantify differences in the workload of ambulance paramedics associated with...
With age, older adults experience a decrease in muscle function and changes in body composition, which raise the risk of functional incapacity and loss of autonomy. These declines are more pronounced in older adults living in long-term care (LTC)...
Care home residents have high rates of hospital admission. The UK National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) standardizes the secondary care response to acute illness. However, the ability of NEWS2 to predict adverse health outcomes specifically for care...
To assess socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in the progress of multimorbidity and whether behavioral factors explain these inequalities among older Americans.
February 13, 2023 The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 445–G 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced additional action to increase the transparency of nursing home ownership and management. The department issued a proposed rule to require nursing homes to disclose additional ownership and...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced additional action to increase the transparency of nursing home ownership and management. The department issued a proposed rule to require nursing homes to disclose additional ownership and...
The Society, along with the American Medical Association (AMA) and 118 other leading medical societies, united in strong support of the meaningful prior authorization reforms proposed for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare prescription drug benefit...
National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on February 22 Please join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this Wednesday, February 22, 2023. at 3:00 PM ET for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Long-term care providers,...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When AMDA established the Behavioral Health Advisory Council in 2020, the group hit the ground running. It continues to evolve and take on new projects and challenges, currently under the leadership of co-chairs...
