Following the 2012 launch of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes (the National Partnership), the use of antipsychotics has declined. However, little is known about the impact of this effort on quality of care and...
Many nursing home residents infected with SARS-CoV-2 fail to be identified with standard screening for the associated COVID-19 syndrome. Current nursing home COVID-19 screening guidance includes assessment for fever, defined as a temperature of at...
The letter by Valenzuela et al “Coronavirus lockdown: forced inactivity for the oldest old?,”1 calls for the need to address the deleterious effects of isolation-driven inactivity for older adults. Although mitigation of coronavirus disease 2019 (...
Women are frailer than men across different populations and age groups. However, the mechanisms are still not fully understood. One possible cause is pregnancy and motherhood. The objective of this study was to examine trajectories of Frailty Index...
In October 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a new payment model for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that eliminated financial incentives to provide high-intensity therapy. Yet high-intensity therapy in SNFs...
The health and care of our vulnerable older persons with dementia (PWDs) have been inadvertently compromised by general measures taken to protect our community. On April 3, 2020, the Singapore government enforced social distancing measures and...
Social isolation has been associated with many adverse health outcomes in older adults. We describe a phone call outreach program in which health care professional student volunteers phoned older adults, living in long-term care facilities and the...
On June 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled enhanced enforcement for nursing homes with violations of long-standing infection control practices. This announcement builds on the previous actions CMS has taken as the...
