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New Guidance Clarifies Use of Pneumococcal, Influenza Vaccines in Older Adults

Caring for the Ages
September 1, 2017
If the federal government’s Healthy People 2020 goals are met, at least 90% of patients and residents in post-acute and long-term care facilities will be immunized against influenza and pneumococcal infection.

Incoming JAMDA Editors Fill Big Shoes, Walk into New Era

Spotlight
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care
September 1, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join For Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, and Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH, the incoming JAMDA Editors-in-Chief, long-term care research and publishing are second nature. John Morley’s, MB, BCh, retirement from the position left big...

Participate in Quality Payment Program Website Testing

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Electronic Health Records (EHR)
September 1, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites representatives from organizations of all sizes to assess current and future functionality of the Quality Payment Program website , as well as make recommendations for improvements. We...

REMINDER: CMS Nursing Home Facility Assessment Tool and State Operations Manual Revisions Call — September 7

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, F-Tags, Survey, Surveyor Guidance
September 1, 2017
Thursday, September 7 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET Register for Medicare Learning Network events. During this call, learn about the new Facility Assessment Tool to help identify and develop the specific assessment of your facility. Also, find out about...

Prevalence of Preventive Cardiovascular Medication Use In Nursing Home Residents. Room for Deprescribing? The SHELTER Study

JAMDA
September 1, 2017
In nursing home (NH) residents with a very short life expectancy, the benefits of preventive cardiovascular medication maintenance are questionable.

Drug Use and Mortality in Parkinson Disease

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
We read with great interest the letter from Scorza et al1 on our work discussing antipsychotic drug use and mortality in elderly patients with Parkinson disease (PD) in nursing homes. In this study investigating the potential harm of antipsychotic...

Use of the Spanish Version of the Rapid Geriatric Assessment in Mexican Patients in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
We report our experience with the use of a Spanish version of the rapid geriatric assessment of 30 patients in 2 long-term care institutions in Mexico City by a group of healthcare students without prior experience in geriatric medicine. The Spanish...

Beyond the Neuropsychiatric Horizon: Assessing the Risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Parkinson Disease

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
We read with interest the elegant research article written by Trang et al1 who evaluated the mortality rate in elderly and very elderly (>85 years of age) patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) in nursing homes with and without antipsychotic...

Basis for Sarcopenia Screening With the SARC-CalF in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
Sarcopenia is a major health problem of the older population. The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) developed diagnostic criteria for diagnosis of sarcopenia that require assessing muscle mass and strength or physical...

FRAIL Questionnaire Screening Tool and Short-Term Outcomes in Geriatric Fracture Patients

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
There are limited screening tools to predict adverse postoperative outcomes for the geriatric surgical fracture population. Frailty is increasingly recognized as a risk assessment to capture complexity. The goal of this study was to use a short...