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Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: Implementation and Dissemination Challenges and Opportunities

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Randomized controlled trials are considered the most rigorous research design in efficacy and effectiveness research; however, such trials present numerous challenges that limit their applicability in real-world settings. As a consequence, pragmatic...

Nursing Home Resident Admission Characteristics and Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Transfers

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
To determine which nursing home (NH) resident-level admission characteristics are associated with potentially preventable emergency department (PPED) transfers.

Characteristics of Working-Age Adults With Schizophrenia Newly Admitted to Nursing Homes

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Persons aged <65 years account for a considerable proportion of US nursing home residents with schizophrenia. Because they are often excluded from psychiatric and long-term care studies, a contemporary understanding of the characteristics and...

Decomposing Differences in Risk-Adjusted Rates of Emergency Department Visits Between Micropolitan and Urban Nursing Homes

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Nursing homes (NHs) in micropolitan areas are reported to have different facility and market factors than urban NHs, but how these factors contribute to differences in emergency department (ED) visits remains unknown. This study examined and...

As-Needed Prescribing and Administration of Psychotropic Medications in Assisted Living: A 7-State Study

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Psychotropic medications administered on an as-needed basis, often designated as pro re nata (or PRN, hereafter as-needed), can alleviate acute symptoms and facilitate deprescribing, although as-needed use is associated with negative outcomes such...

Factors Associated With Low and High Social Engagement Among Older Nursing Home Residents in Korea

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
With the increase in older adults receiving long-term care in facilities, the level of social engagement within nursing homes is a growing concern for improving the quality of life of residents. This study seeks to assess the level of social...

Effectiveness of Hearing Rehabilitation for Care Home Residents With Dementia: A Systematic Review

JAMDA
December 15, 2021
To report the effectiveness of, and barriers and facilitators to, hearing rehabilitation for care home residents with dementia.

COVID-19, Vulnerability, and Long-Term Mortality in Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Older Persons

JAMDA
December 14, 2021
Studies suggesting that vulnerability increased short-term mortality in older patients with COVID-19 enrolled hospitalized patients and lacked COVID-negative comparators. Aim of this study was to examine the relationship between frailty and 1-year...

President Signs Bill That Will Stop Cuts to Medicare Physician Payments

Policy Snapshot
December 11, 2021
Last week, Congress passed, and the president signed into law, S.610—the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act—averting 4-5% cuts to Medicare payments for nursing home visits. The bill extends the 2% Medicare sequester...

Society Urges Resolution on Delayed Processing of Employment Authorization Applications

Policy Snapshot
December 9, 2021
Last week, the Society joined other long-term care associations in urging the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to find resolutions for long delays in processing Employment Authorization Document (...