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Cochrane Dementia Group Turns 21—Older and (Slightly) Wiser

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
The Cochrane Dementia Group or, to use its full title, the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG), was founded in 1995. To mark this 21st anniversary, in September 2016, more than 60 members, contributors, and colleagues of CDCIG...

Health Care–Associated Infections in the Home Care Setting: Is It Time for a Surveillance System?

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
In the last decade, Italian Health Authorities established the goal of reducing the number of hospital admissions and developing new settings of health care, such as home care assistance.

Three Decades of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Evidence Coming From Different Healthcare Settings and Specific Clinical Conditions

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment process that identifies medical, psychosocial, and functional capabilities of older adults to develop a coordinated plan to maximize overall health with aging...

Adverse Drug Reactions Associated With Cholinesterase Inhibitors—Sequence Symmetry Analyses Using Prescription Claims Data

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
Clinicians must balance the likelihood of benefit with the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) when deciding to initiate or discontinue cholinesterase inhibitors.1,2 The most common pharmacovigilance method is spontaneous ADR reporting. There were...

Utility of SARC-F for Assessing Physical Function in Elderly Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
A simple and inexpensive tool for screening of sarcopenia would be helpful for clinicians. The present study was performed to determine whether the SARC-F questionnaire is useful in screening of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) for...

Gait Performance Trajectories and Incident Disabling Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older Japanese

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
Initial gait speed is a good predictor of dementia in later life. This prospective study used repeated measures analysis to identify potential gait performance trajectory patterns and to determine whether gait performance trajectory patterns were...

Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Mortality: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study

JAMDA
December 31, 2016
The nature and commonality of late-life risk factors for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, and mortality remain unclear. Our aim was to investigate potential risk factors, simultaneously in a single cohort including many individuals...

Holiday Greetings from Chris Laxton

Navigating PALTC
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Patient Centered, Practitioners, Quality
December 22, 2016
This holiday season, please take a minute to reflect on the important work you do every day in post-acute and long-term care, caring for a vulnerable and frail population. Hi I’m Chris Laxton, Executive Director of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute...

Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
December 16, 2016
Enacted August 6, 2015, the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act) requires hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) to provide notification to individuals receiving observation services as...

Upcoming CMS Events

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)
December 16, 2016
MACRA 101 Webinar Series — December 16, 20, and 21 December 16, 20, and 21 from 12 to 1 pm ET Join CMS for a webinar series to learn about the development of patient relationship categories for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of...