Senderovich and Tsai1 provide a unique update on single, multifactorial, and multicomponent falls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older adults and long-term care (LTC) residents. Falls are an ongoing concern for older adults and...
The aim was to review evidence from all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using palliative care education or staff training as an intervention to improve nursing home residents' quality of life (QOL) or quality of dying (QOD) or to reduce...
The role of home healthcare (HHC) services in providing care to vulnerable, often frail individuals with chronic conditions is critical. Effective infection prevention and control (IPC) in HHC is essential to keeping both healthcare workers and...
To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, a nationwide restriction for all visitors of residents of long-term care facilities including nursing homes (NHs) was established in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was an exploration of dilemmas...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosts calls for certain types of organizations on an intermittent basis to provide targeted updates on the agency’s latest COVID-19 guidance. One to two leaders in the field also share best...
This week, the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar asking the agency to implement a set of recommendations to combat Alzheimer’s disease. In the letter...
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a revision to its reporting requirements for providers that received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments. The notice includes revised data elements that recipients must submit for...
The Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent (HVWDII) report analyzes a measure pair focused on visits received by hospice patients in the last days of life, specifically the last week of life. Measure 1 was found to meet the threshold for public...
Older adults living in nursing homes are the most vulnerable group of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many difficulties in isolating residents and limiting the spread in this setting. We have developed a simple algorithm with a traffic light format...
