The number of older people dying in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is increasing globally, but care quality may be variable. A framework was developed drawing on empirical research findings from the Palliative Care for Older People (PACE) study...
To estimate (1) the duration of no formal care, home care, and institutional care after dementia diagnosis, and (2) the effect of age, sex, living situation, dementia medication, migration background, and income on this dementia care duration.
We appreciate the attention Drs Kale, Gitlin, and Lyketsos bring to CMS's singular focus on antipsychotic use in those long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia and behavior disturbance. As the authors point out, these universal behaviors are...
Early recognition and prompt treatment of a serious infection is important to optimize prognosis in older patients. The current evidence base underpinning this early recognition in ambulatory care is scattered and haphazard, calling for new research...
I read the recent article published in this journal and written by Gafoor et al1 with great interest. The authors conducted a prospective study to evaluate the effect of first- or second-generation antipsychotic drugs on fracture risk with special...
We are grateful for the opportunity to respond to comments raised by Tomoyuki Kawada. The studies1,2 referred to by Dr Kawada show a positive association between increasing frailty level and risk of fracture. Kawada highlights differences in the...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the following Quality Payment Program (QPP) resources to the QPP Resource Library to help clinicians understand how to participate in QPP in the 2020 performance period: 2020 Merit-...
In a recent report , the Office of Inspector General (OIG) determined that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly paid practitioners for some telehealth claims associated with services that did not meet Medicare...
