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Journal Highlights From the February Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
Older individuals who are caregivers have a shorter recovery following hip fracture than those individuals who are not, according to results from a study in Switzerland.

Know the Signs of Potential Abuse and Neglect

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
Joanne Kaldy, a contributing writer for Caring for the Ages and daughter of a nursing home resident, talks about abuse and neglect and how to prevent them.

A Medical Director’s Perspective: Influencing Rehospitalization Rates

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
Efforts to reduce hospitalizations often focus on identifying specific clinical conditions that contribute to hospitalizations, particularly those that are considered potentially preventable. Potentially preventable hospitalizations result from...

Report: Unless They Improve, Low-Performing SNFs Face Extinction

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
A new report paints a grim picture of the future for skilled nursing facilities outside the elite high-performing ranks. Trends suggest even the typical SNF may have experienced a negative operating margin in 2017 — a far cry from the healthy income...

Are Older Adults a Burden?

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
Jane, an 88-year-old resident living independently with her husband, John, was brought to the emergency department delirious after an episode of unresponsiveness. She had had a dual-function implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and pacemaker...

Survey: Nursing Homes Should Require Flu Shots for All Staff, Patients

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
The 2017-2018 flu season has been worse than expected, with unchecked pockets of illness and Tamiflu in short supply in some regions of the country. The vaccine was reported to be 10% effective, which, while better than nothing, is much lower than...

Join the We Are PALTC Campaign

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
The We Are PALTC campaign is a public education initiative to raise awareness of the post-acute and long-term care field, the people that practice in it, and the people who live in it and are otherwise affected by it.

Quality Counts, but How Do We Really Measure It?

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program is highly technical, making it difficult for community-based medical groups and most practitioners to understand. Incorporating an intelligent MIPS strategy into a post-acute/long-term care...

Human Voices Wake Us, Part I

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
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Excess Body Weight Reduces Risk for Mortality in Nursing Home Residents

Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2018
Nursing home residents who were obese or overweight demonstrated a reduced risk for mortality when compared with those who were normal weight, according to findings from a database of facilities in Europe and Israel.