Deprescribing interventions significantly reduce the number of nursing home (NH) residents with potentially inappropriate medications by 59%, falls by 24%, and all-cause mortality by 26%.1 However, implementing deprescribing interventions into NH...
This review summarized the applicability of various decision-making tools for helping people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and their families make decisions.
The House of Representatives is set to consider seven appropriations bills: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water...
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the availability of an estimated $103 million in American Rescue Plan funding over a three-year period to...
Last month, the FDA released an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for tocilizumab, a COVID-19 monoclonal antibody product. CMS created new HCPCS codes, effective June 24, for tocilizumab and to administer it in the inpatient setting. Q0249: Long...
Family caregivers of persons with dementia rarely feel prepared for end of life although preparedness predicts outcomes in bereavement. The Caring Ahead: Preparing for End-of-Life With Dementia questionnaire was developed to measure family caregiver...
Unrepresented adults are individuals who lack decision-making capacity and have neither an available surrogate decision maker nor an applicable advance directive. Currently, the prevalence of unrepresented nursing home (NH) residents and how medical...
Reducing inappropriate nursing home (NH) antibiotic usage by implementing stewardship programs is a national priority. Our aim is to evaluate the influence of antibiotic stewardship programs on antibiotic use rates in NHs over time.
