Residents with cognitive impairment favor “slow care,” so rushed care may cause additional responsive behaviors (eg, verbal threats, hitting) among residents. We assessed the association of rushed care (physical and social) by care aides with their...
On November 3, 2021, 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...
The Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period is open until December 14, 2021, at 8:00 PM ET. Preview your 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information before it appears on Medicare Care Compare and in the Provider Data Catalog . Access...
CMS is continuing to promote health and safety and address the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency on nursing home residents and their families by issuing memos that revise guidance for nursing home visitation and address the backlog of...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join There are many reasons to be an AMDA member—discounts on the Annual Conference, free webinars, the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and other tools, advocacy and public policy activities, and on and on. However...
The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant challenges to face-to-face communication with people residing in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings. Telemedicine is an alternative, but facility staff may be overburdened with the management...
Long-term care facilities, particularly skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), have felt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with high mortality rates observed in residents. SNF residents comprise less than 1% of the US population,1 however, this...
There are often disconnects between what management and workers think are key to attracting and keeping good employees. For Instance, in a recent report, Texas Assisted Living Workforce Retention: A Tale of Two Perspectives , the authors found that...
Isometric grip strength is a good indicator for performance of the upper body.1 Furthermore, it is highly correlated with general health, particularly among older adults.2 Therefore, knowledge about the correlates of grip strength is of great...
Delirium is commonly seen in older adults with multimorbidity, during a hospitalization, resulting from the interplay between predisposing factors such as advanced age, frailty, and dementia, and a series of precipitating factors. The association...
