Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), a multicomponent, complex intervention, can be used to improve perioperative outcomes. This study aimed to describe the actions and interventions prompted by preoperative CGA and optimization in elective...
To compare the Fried criteria for frailty diagnosis with the Frailty Screening Index (FSI) and the fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illness, and loss of weight (FRAIL) scale in older patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Last week, Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) worked with the Society to introduce H.R. 8832, The Nursing Home Disclosure Act . The bipartisan bill would require nursing homes to report their medical directors to the Centers for...
Malnutrition and cognitive impairment are associated with poor functional recovery in older adults following hip-fracture surgery. This study examined the combined effects of cognitive impairment and nutritional trajectories on postoperative...
We read a recent article published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association by Pinheiro et al.1 The results of this meta-analysis suggest that multicomponent exercise and resistance training can improve physical performance in...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Before the pandemic, air quality and the possibility of infrastructure changes to improve it were low on the list of priorities for nursing home leaders. However, after COVID hit, it garnered more interest and...
To investigate the course of depressive symptoms in newly admitted nursing home (NH) residents and how resident characteristics were associated with the symptoms. To identify groups of residents following the same symptom trajectory.
What is it? The new COVID-19 bivalent vaccine is a combination of ½ of the original vaccine and ½ of a new vaccine that is specific for the Omicron BA5/BA4 subvariants. Why do we need it? The COVID-19 virus continues to change and mutate. The good...
Home health care agencies (HHAs) are skilled care providers for Medicare home health beneficiaries in the United States. Rural HHAs face different challenges from their urban counterparts in delivering care (eg, longer distances to travel to patient...
