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Sliding Scale Insulin vs Basal-Bolus Insulin Therapy in Long-Term Care: A 21-Day Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Efficacy, Safety and Feasibility

JAMDA
September 29, 2015
Sliding scale insulin (SSI) therapy remains a common means of insulin therapy in long-term care (LTC) for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, despite current recommendations not supportive of the form of therapy today. Lack of randomized...

Factors Associated With Changes in Perceived Quality of Life Among Elderly Recipients of Long-Term Services and Supports

JAMDA
September 24, 2015
Advance knowledge about changes in multiple dimensions of health related quality of life (HRQoL) among older adults receiving long-term services and supports (LTSS) over time and across settings.

Pioneering a Nursing Home Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative: A Case Study of Method and Lessons Learned

JAMDA
September 24, 2015
To describe the development of a nursing home (NH) quality improvement learning collaborative (QILC) that provides Lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and infrastructure support for quality assurance performance improvement change efforts.

Combined Effect of Slow Gait Speed and Depressive Symptoms on Incident Disability in Older Adults

JAMDA
September 24, 2015
To elucidate whether a combination of slow gait speed and depressive symptoms result in higher risk of incident disability in older adults than either symptom individually.

Is Trunk Posture in Walking a Better Marker than Gait Speed in Predicting Decline in Function and Subsequent Frailty?

JAMDA
September 22, 2015
Many recent guidelines and consensus on sarcopenia have incorporated gait speed and grip strength as diagnostic criteria without addressing early posture changes adopted to maintain gait speed before weakness is clinically evident.

Filling the Geriatric Education Gap Around the World

JAMDA
September 22, 2015
“The impossible of today is the history of tomorrow”Marguerite Duras

Prospective Observations of Discomfort, Pain, and Dyspnea in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Pneumonia

JAMDA
September 22, 2015
To describe observations of suffering in patients with dementia from the diagnosis of pneumonia until cure or death.

Time to Treatment Initiation in People With Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

JAMDA
September 18, 2015
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a global health problem which afflicts millions of old age population worldwide. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine are recognized drug treatments with limited clinical efficacy. It is uncertain if earlier...

AMDA Joins Others in Urging Delay of Stage 3 Meaningful Use

Policy Snapshot
Medicare, Electronic Health Records (EHR)
September 18, 2015
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, along with the American Medical Association and 40 other organizations, recently sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell asking for a pause in the...

Clarifying Questions and Answers Related to the CMS/AMA Joint Announcement and Guidance Regarding ICD-10 Flexibilities — Update

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Quality
September 18, 2015
On July 6, 2015, CMS and the American Medical Association (AMA) released a joint statement about their efforts to help the provider community get ready for ICD-10. This statement included guidance from CMS that allows for flexibility in the claims...