Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections (UTIs) stems largely from inappropriate use of diagnostic tests, but there are additional factors at play — mainly incorrect antibiotic choice, excessive duration of therapy, and...
Trauma-informed care figures largely in the final phase of the revised Requirements of Participation for nursing homes, which will be implemented in November 2019. The notion of being sensitive to people who have suffered significant trauma is...
Dysphagia is a worldwide health issue, with approximately 8% of the world’s population experiencing some difficulty in swallowing. If left untreated, a number of negative outcomes can occur, including malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration, and even...
Jane Martin, RN, director of nursing for a small skilled nursing facility in rural Georgia, has won a major immunization coup. In a community that has no hospital, no public transportation services, and only one medical office served by nurse...
Ultrahigh therapy use has increased in SNFs without concomitant increases in residents' characteristics. It has been suggested that this trend may also have influenced the provision of high-intensity rehabilitation therapies to residents who are at...
Nursing home (NH) residents' preferences for everyday living are the foundation for delivering individualized person-centered care. Yet, work has not examined what the most and least important preferences of nursing home residents are and if those...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Sitting at her desk, Teresa C. McCarthy, MD, MS, CMD, a new member of the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM), can’t help but think about James Pattee, MD, CMD, the “father” of the...
This week a group of bipartisan leaders from committees in both the House and Senate announced an agreement on sweeping legislation to combat the opioid crisis. In June, the House passed H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act by a vote...
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback are available on the Quality Payment Program website. The payment adjustment you will receive in 2019 is based on this...
