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Nursing Home Residents Face Severe Functional Limitation or Death After Hospitalization for Pneumonia

JAMDA
October 21, 2020
Pneumonia is a common cause of hospitalization for nursing home residents and has increased as a cause for hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Risks of hospitalization, including significant functional decline, are important considerations...

Incident Impaired Cognitive Function in Sarcopenic Obesity: Data From the National Health and Aging Trends Survey

JAMDA
October 21, 2020
The prevalence of obesity with sarcopenia is increasing in adults aged ≥65 years. This geriatric syndrome places individuals at risk for synergistic complications that leads to long-term functional decline. We ascertained the relationship between...

Substantial Differences in Turnover Intention Between Direct Care Workers in Chinese Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities

JAMDA
October 20, 2020
High retention rates among direct care workers (DCWs) affect the quality of aged care. However, limited research has explored factors associated with retention in China's aged care industry. This study compared turnover intention among DCWs in...

October 18, 2020

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October 18, 2020
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Using Standardized Tools to Characterize Adult Day Program Populations: Implications for Future Research and Clinical Practice

JAMDA
October 17, 2020
To demonstrate the usefulness of primary data collection using clinician-rated and self-rated standardized measures to describe adult day program (ADP) populations and address programming issues such as identifying members at risk of dropping out.

Protocol for Telehealth Evaluation and Follow-up of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
October 16, 2020
Because of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we were forced to cancel scheduled visits for nearly 150 patients followed in our heart failure (HF) outpatient clinic. Therefore, we structured a telephone follow-up, developing a...

Ethical Considerations During COVID-19: Informed Consent Cannot Be Made in Advance

JAMDA
October 16, 2020
Older adults in long-term care (LTC) are at the highest risk of mortality from COVID-19.1 Ontario statistics from September 15, 2020, have confirmed 1824 LTC resident deaths, or 65% of all Ontario's COVID-19–related deaths.2 At the peak of the first...

QPP Participation Status Tool Now Includes Second Snapshot of 2020 Qualifying APM Participant and MIPS APMs Data

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 16, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool based on the second snapshot of data from Alternative Payment Model (APM) entities. The second snapshot includes data from Medicare...

Staffing Challenges & Solutions: Insights from the Frontline Webinar on October 20

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 16, 2020
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for a National Learning and Action Network (LAN) webinar this Tuesday, October 20, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET. A LAN is a group of health care professionals and stakeholder organizations...

HHS Report: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medicare Beneficiary Use of Health Care Services and Payments to Providers: Early Data for the First 6 Months of 2020

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Practitioners
October 16, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new report outlining Medicare spending on various health care settings during the pandemic. Page 4 of the report outlines such spending for skilled nursing facilities (SNF). Key findings of...