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Dementia Care Call — September 22

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
September 3, 2020
National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Tuesday, September 22 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET Register for Medicare Learning Network events. During this call, learn about the unique challenges facing...

CMS Launches Revamped Medicare Compare Website

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
September 3, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched Care Compare , a streamlined redesign of eight existing CMS health care compare tools available on Medicare.gov – including Nursing Home Compare. Care Compare provides a single...

CMS’ Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Seeks Input on Future of Telehealth in PALTC

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Practice Management, Practitioners
September 3, 2020
There were several important telehealth proposals for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) included in the release of the CY2021 Physician Fee Scheduled Proposed Rule earlier this month. The proposals aim to build on the momentum from waivers for...

Care Aides Working Multiple Jobs: Considerations for Staffing Policies in Long-Term Care Homes During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
September 3, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected older adults living in long-term care (LTC) homes, who have less functional immune systems, multiple comorbidities, and high levels of immobility and dementia. In Canada, 85% of COVID-19...

The Minimum Data Set: An Opportunity to Improve Spasticity Screening

JAMDA
September 3, 2020
Spasticity is a common movement disorder that arises from trauma or disease affecting the central nervous system. Untreated spasticity can result in limitations in completing activities of daily living, painful limb contractures, and other...

Interprofessional Medication Assessment has Effects on the Quality of Medication Among Home Care Patients: Randomized Controlled Intervention Study

JAMDA
September 3, 2020
Multimorbidity and complex medications increase the risk of medication-related problems, especially in vulnerable home care patients. The objective of this study was to examine whether interprofessional medication assessment has an effect on...

Helping Patients, Families Understand the Tsunami of Misinformation

Spotlight
September 2, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “I have people coming in every day asking about different alternative medicines and other things, many of which I’ve never heard of,” says Mitsuo Tomita, MD. Between the internet and TV, consumers are bombarded...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
September 1, 2020

General Information

JAMDA
September 1, 2020

Table of Contents

JAMDA
September 1, 2020