Residents of long-term care facilities (LCTFs) have high morbidity and mortality associated with acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Limited information exists on the virology of ARI in LTCFs, where virological testing is reactive. We report on...
To assess the short- and long-term association of 6 healthy behaviors (not smoking, vigorous to moderate physical activity, healthy diet, adequate sleeping duration, not being sedentary, and daily social interaction) with incident frailty and...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It’s nearly flu season, and everyone in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) is preparing to keep their residents and staff safe and healthy. They are on high alert for good reason. Statistics from last year’s flu...
On October 10, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published a new Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics , which provides advice to clinicians who are contemplating...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool based on the second snapshot of data from Alternative Payment Model (APM) entities. The second snapshot includes data from Medicare...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) posted new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) resources: MIPS 2018 Performance Period Resources: Performance Feedback Beneficiary-Level Data...
More than 10% of people aged 50 years and older report dizziness. Despite available treatments, dizziness remains unresolved for many people due in part to suboptimal assessment. We aimed to identify factors associated with dizziness handicap in...
Moving into a long-term care home can be accompanied by negative psychosocial effects. Loneliness and depression are common,1 and residents complain about superficial social connections in these settings.2 Despite a desire among residents for more...
The study sought to determine whether older people, on discharge from hospital and on referral to a supported discharge team (SDT), will have: (1) reduced length of stay in hospital; (2) reduced risk of hospital readmission; and (3) reduced...
In this age of innovation, data generated in 2 days is as much as all data generated in human history before 2003!1 An explosion of startups aiming to improve senior care is resulting in a flurry of new ideas and products. How does one make the best...
