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Delirium During Acute Events in Nursing Home Patients

JAMDA
November 10, 2021
Assess the frequency of delirium during any acute event, its risk factors, and the duration of delirium in nursing home patients.

Melatonin Prescribing in Assisted Living

JAMDA
November 8, 2021
Aging is associated with sleep problems, which are common among assisted living (AL) residents. More than 40% of residents have insomnia, and almost 70% have a sleep disturbance of some kind. Melatonin to treat sleep disorders has become common...

Multicomponent Staff Training Intervention to Improve Residential Dementia Care (PROCUIDA-Demencia): A Mixed-Methods 2-Arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot and Clinical Outcomes Study

JAMDA
November 8, 2021
To evaluate the feasibility outcomes of implementing a multicomponent staff training intervention (PROCUIDA-Demencia) to promote psychosocial interventions and reduce antipsychotic prescription in Mexican care homes and study its effect on staff's...

Outpatient Wound Clinics During COVID-19 Maintained Quality but Served Fewer Patients

JAMDA
November 7, 2021
To evaluate the impact of COVID-19–related disruptions on care continuity and outcomes of chronic wounds.

Payment Cuts, Nursing Facility Clinician Affiliations Part of CMS’ CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

Policy Snapshot
November 5, 2021
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule that includes updates on policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B issues. The rule finalizes...

Webinar, CPG Put New Power Behind Pain Management

Spotlight
November 3, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join While post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners are still wrestling with COVID and bracing for flu season, other issues—such as pain management—require their attention. An AMDA webinar on November 10— No...

Comparing Post-Acute Populations and Care in Veterans Affairs and Community Nursing Homes

JAMDA
November 2, 2021
The quality of care provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is increasingly being compared to community providers. The objective of this study was to compare the VA Community Living Centers (CLCs) to nursing homes in the community (...

Nursing Home Compare Star Rating and Daily Direct-Care Nurse Staffing During Hurricane Irma

JAMDA
November 2, 2021
Nursing homes (NHs) are affected by major hurricanes and other natural disasters. To mitigate adverse effects of a major hurricane, NHs often increase their direct-care nurse staffing levels to meet the needs of their residents. However, the quality...

The Hospital Frailty Risk Score Identifies Fewer Cases of Frailty in a Community-Based Cohort of Older Men Than the FRAIL Scale and Frailty Index

JAMDA
November 2, 2021
The recently developed Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) allows ascertainment of frailty from administrative data. We aimed to compare the HFRS against the widely used FRAIL Scale and Frailty Index.

Advance Care Planning in Dutch Nursing Homes During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
November 2, 2021
To explore how physicians in Dutch nursing homes practiced advance care planning (ACP) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to explore whether and how ACP changed during the first wave of the pandemic.