The emergence of COVID-19 has drastically changed our daily lives.1 Lockdowns were imposed across many countries for extended periods of time during the pandemic to reduce the risk of infection.1 However, the side effects of lockdowns included loss...
The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) was implemented in October 2019 to reimburse skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) based on Medicare patients’ clinical and functional characteristics rather than the volume of services provided. This study aimed...
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This study aimed to analyze national influenza infection control policy documents within aged care settings by identifying the consistencies, inconsistencies, and gaps with the current evidence and by evaluating methodological quality. Aged care...
Older adults in nursing homes are at greatest risk of morbidity and mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nursing home residents constituted one-third to more than half of all deaths during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following this,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updates to guidance on minimum health and safety standards that Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS also updated and developed new...
Behavioral health (BH) concerns are prevalent among residents (eg, depression, anxiety, and insomnia), family care partners (eg, depression and burden), and staff (eg, burnout and depression) in nursing home–based post-acute and subacute care,...
In what way the physical environment of nursing homes (NHs) influences the health and well-being of nursing residents is not well codified. The authors aimed to review scientifically based knowledge on this topic.
