The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are now offering training in a new way: Pre-recorded sessions: They will post another training every Thursday at 4:00 PM ET through...
With COVID-19 highlighting the substantive risks to older adults living in congregated settings, an emphasis should be on supporting persons with dementia to live in the community safely for as long as possible. Primary care-based interventions such...
To examine how immigrant status and family relationships are associated with advance care planning (ACP) engagement and end-of-life (EOL) preference in burial planning among older Chinese Americans, the largest subgroup of Asian Americans.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Care planning has taken on new significance during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the recipient of the AMDA Foundation’s 2020 Quality Improvement (QI) Award offered some insights on maximizing the value of those...
Serious concerns exist about advance care planning (ACP) and end-of-life (EOL) care in nursing homes (NHs). NH residents often experience a progressive burden of severe symptoms leading up to death. Aggressive medical care exposes them to iatrogenic...
To evaluate and compare the predictive accuracy of fall history, staff clinical judgment, the Care Home Falls Screen (CaHFRiS), and the Fall Risk Classification Algorithm (FRiCA).
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been especially devastating among nursing home residents, with both the health circumstances of individual residents as well as communal living settings contributing to increased morbidity and...
To analyze whether frailty and comorbidities are associated with in-hospital mortality and discharge to home in older adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, United States nursing homes (NHs) implemented protocols to protect NH residents from contracting the virus. However, protocol implementation and effectiveness varied across regions...
