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Association of Depressive Symptoms With Health Service Use and Catastrophic Health Expenditure Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Analysis of Population-Based Panel Data

JAMDA
December 24, 2022
To determine the impact of depressive symptoms on health service use and catastrophic health expenditure, and whether it varied by per-capita household consumption, health insurance schemes, and physical comorbidities.

Congressional Spending Bill Partially Averts Cut to Medicare Physician Payment

Policy Snapshot
December 23, 2022
Last week, the Senate passed its $1.7 trillion fiscal year Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The bill averted the scheduled bigger cuts, but the compromise includes a 2% cut in Medicare payments for 2023 and a 1.25% cut in 2024. On the positive side, the...

The Great Collaboration: PALTC Together

Spotlight
December 21, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join With a new year comes uncertainties, but AMDA has partnered with several other professional organizations to help post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) providers and their teams prepare to deal with COVID-19 in...

Coping Behaviors and Health Status during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Caregivers of Assisted Living Residents in Western Canada

JAMDA
December 21, 2022
To examine the prevalence of coping behaviors during the first 2 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic among caregivers of assisted living residents and variation in these behaviors by caregiver gender and mental health.

Factors Associated With Social Isolation in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
December 19, 2022
Social isolation is a global health issue that affects older adults throughout their lives. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with social isolation in older adults.

Soundscape Awareness Intervention Reduced Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: A Cluster-Randomized Trial With MoSART+

JAMDA
December 16, 2022
Auditory environments as perceived by an individual, also called soundscapes, are often suboptimal for nursing home residents. Poor soundscapes have been associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). We evaluated the effect of the Mobile...

Medication-Related Acute Care Admission and Inappropriate Polypharmacy of Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
December 16, 2022
To evaluate the prevalence of medication-related admissions (MRAs) and their association with potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) used by nursing home residents admitted to the geriatric center of a tertiary hospital.

Nudge-Based Interventions on Health Promotion Activity Among Very Old People: A Pragmatic, 2-Arm, Participant-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
December 16, 2022
Social distancing due to the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis can exacerbate inactivity in older adults. Novel approaches for older adults must be designed to improve their activity and maintain their health. This study examined the effect of nudge-...

Deadline Approaching to Submit MIPS Exception

Policy Snapshot
December 16, 2022
The Society is reminding organizations that the deadline to submit a 2022 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception application is January 3, 2023 . We are concerned that practices that need the relief will miss the opportunity...

Depressive Multimorbidity and Trajectories of Functional Status among Older Americans: Differences by Racial/Ethnic Group

JAMDA
December 16, 2022
This study aims to evaluate the impact of depressive multimorbidity (ie, including depressive symptoms) on the long-term development of activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) limitations according to...