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Estimation of Muscle Mass Using Creatinine/Cystatin C Ratio in Japanese Community-Dwelling Older People

JAMDA
August 23, 2021
Sarcopenia is defined as a combination of low skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), weak muscle strength, and reduced physical function. Recently, many studies have reported that the creatinine/cystatin C ratio (Cr/CysC) is useful for evaluating muscle...

Two Canadian Provincial Initiatives During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Impact on Nursing Home Staffing

JAMDA
August 23, 2021
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Québec was the hardest hit province in Canada with close to half the deaths due to the virus in the entire country. The vast majority of those deaths occurred in long-term care institutions, or nursing...

August 22, 2021

Weekly Roundup
August 22, 2021
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CMS to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Nursing Home Staff

Policy Snapshot
August 20, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is developing an emergency regulation requiring staff vaccinations within the nation’s more than 15,000 Medicare and...

Update: 2020 MIPS Performance Feedback, Final Score, and 2022 MIPS Payment Adjustment Information

Policy Snapshot
August 20, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be updating the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance feedback and final scores for some clinicians for the performance year 2020 and the associated MIPS payment...

Join the White House COVID-19 Response Team for a Virtual Conversation on Health Systems, Providers, and the COVID-19 Vaccination Effort

Policy Snapshot
August 20, 2021
Date of the Event : Monday, August 23 from 12:00pm-1:00pm EDT. Link to event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iwkc7ZkK6w A recording will also be available at this link after the event. About the virtual event: The event will focus on the...

The Benefits of Culture Change in Nursing Homes—Obtaining Nationally Representative Evidence

JAMDA
August 20, 2021
Despite face validity and regulatory support, empirical evidence of the benefit of culture change practices in nursing homes (NHs) has been inconclusive. We used rigorous methods and large resident-level cohorts to determine whether NH increases in...

Predictors of Frailty Change in Home and Community-Based Services Populations

JAMDA
August 19, 2021
With unprecedented demand for Medicaid long-term services and supports, states are seeking to allocate resources in the most efficient way. Understanding the prevalence of frailty and how it varies across home and community-based services (HCBS)...

New Campaign Aims at Helping AMDA Members Heal Together in Troubling Times

Spotlight
August 18, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join To formally acknowledge the pain post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners and team members have endured throughout the pandemic and continue to experience, AMDA recently launched the Healing Together...

Prescription Patterns of Antidementia and Psychotropic Drugs in People Living With Dementia: Findings From the Clinical Pathway Study of Alzheimer's Disease in China

JAMDA
August 18, 2021
Evidence about prescribing patterns of dementia medication in China is lacking. This study aimed to examine prescribing rates of antidementia and psychotropic drugs and factors associated with drug prescription for dementia in China.