Publications

Members only publications are marked with a lock icon:
Filter By

January 26, 2020

Weekly Roundup
January 26, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join

Spending Wisely: Home Care Reassessment Intervals and Cost in Ontario.

JAMDA
January 24, 2020
Across the health care system, home care (HC) services are essential for helping individuals remain in the community (ie, out of institutions) as long as possible.1 Current trends affecting the HC sector include an aging population and an increasing...

AMDA Annual Conference Offers the Best in PALTC Education

Spotlight
January 23, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rollin Wright, MD, MPH, MS, is looking forward to AMDA’s Annual Conference in Chicago this April, and it’s not just because she is vice chair of the Annual Conference Planning Subcommittee. “There are so many great...

New Report Released Profiling America’s Direct Care Workforce

Navigating PALTC
Practitioners
January 23, 2020
This week a leading direct care workforce organization, PHI, released a comprehensive report, It’s Time to Care , giving an overview of the direct care workforce (including key concepts and definitions); an analysis of how this role has evolved; and...

The Society Joins Others in Addressing President’s Executive Order on Medicare

Policy Snapshot
Medicare, Practitioners
January 23, 2020
Recently, the Society joined other post-acute and long-term care workforce groups in addressing a recent executive order entitled Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nation’s Seniors . The groups commended the efforts in section 5 of the...

Quality Payment Program: 2019 Data Submission Videos from CMS

Policy Snapshot
January 23, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted new Quality Payment Program (QPP) FAQs and videos to help you submit your 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data. The submission period closes on March 31 at 8 PM ET. Data...

CMS Quality Conference in Baltimore

Policy Snapshot
January 23, 2020
Each year the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) brings together over 3,000 leaders across the health care spectrum to explore how patients, advocates, providers, researchers, and champions in health care quality improvement can...

Prehospital Anticholinergic Burden Is Associated With Delirium but Not With Mortality in a Population of Acutely Ill Medical Patients

JAMDA
January 23, 2020
Anticholinergic drugs have several side effects, and they have been associated with adverse outcomes, particularly in older patients. The aim of this study was to analyze anticholinergic burden and its relationship to delirium and mortality in older...

Efficacy and Generalizability of Falls Prevention Interventions in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JAMDA
January 23, 2020
To determine the efficacy of fall intervention programs in nursing homes (NHs) and the generalizability of these interventions to people living with cognitive impairment and dementia.

German Version of SARC-F: Translation, Adaption, and Validation

JAMDA
January 21, 2020
Translation, adaptation, and validation of the German version of the SARC-F for community-dwelling older adults in Germany.