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Relationship Between Physical Symptoms and Loneliness in Patients with Heart Failure: The Serial Mediating Roles of Activities of Daily Living and Social Isolation

JAMDA
February 15, 2023
This study aimed to examine the multiple mediation effects of activities of daily living and social isolation on the relationship between physical symptoms and loneliness in patients with heart failure.

Excitement Builds for AMDA Family Reunion at PALTC23

Spotlight
February 10, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As the time for PALTC23 in Tampa, FL, nears, the excitement of Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD, grows. The chair of the Annual Conference Program Planning Subcommittee looks forward to March 9-12 and the first fully in...

IRF/LTCH/SNF QRP February 15, 2023, Submission Deadline Reminder

Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2023
The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching. IRF Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) assessment data and...

CMS Approves Suppression of the 2022 Performance Period Quality Measure #238: Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults for the Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) Collection Type

Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Performance Period Suppressed and Truncated MIPS Quality Measures List announcing that quality measure 238: Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults will be suppressed for...

HHS Releases Initial Guidance for Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program

Policy Snapshot
February 10, 2023
As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation’s new prescription drug law, drug companies for the first time ever will pay rebates to Medicare when their prescription drug prices increase faster than the rate of inflation for certain drugs...

Association Between Pollution and Frailty in Older People: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the UK Biobank

JAMDA
February 9, 2023
Frailty is a relevant issue in older people, being associated with several negative outcomes. Increasing literature is reporting that pollution (particularly air pollution) can increase the risk of frailty, but the research is still limited. We...

Nursing Home to Nursing Home Transfers during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
February 9, 2023
To examine the nursing home to nursing home transfer rates before and during the early COVID-19 pandemic and to identify risk factors associated with those transfers in a state with a policy to create COVID-19-care nursing homes.

Long-Term Care Needs and Incidence of End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
February 7, 2023
End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) requiring renal replacement therapy is a public health problem with an economic burden.1 The aging of the population has increased the number of older patients with ESKD worldwide.2,3 Several studies have shown that...

Telehealth Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review

JAMDA
February 6, 2023
Many adults older than 65 spend time in a nursing home (NH) at the end of life where specialist palliative care is limited. However, telehealth may improve access to palliative care services. A review of the literature was conducted to synthesize...

Letter to the Editor Re: “Raising the Bar for Physicians Practicing in Nursing Homes: Is Specialty Status the Answer?”

JAMDA
February 6, 2023
Dr Katz et al present a compelling call for improving the quality of medical care in US nursing facilities and propose specialty designation as an important first step in achieving this goal.1 I agree whole-heartedly with my colleagues that we as a...