Pneumonia is a frequent condition in older people. Our aim was to examine the total healthcare cost related to pneumonia in nursing home (NH) residents over a 1-year follow-up period.
A recent amendment proposed by Florida state Sen. Oscar Braynon would adjust Medicaid payments to nursing homes, as part of the Senate’s proposed payment system currently included in its budget proposal.
Community-dwelling individuals with Alzheimer’s disease who received benzodiazepines were more likely to develop pneumonia, according to results from a Finnish study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has achieved the Gold GuideStar Nonprofit Profile participation level, a leading symbol of nonprofit transparency and accountability presented by GuideStar, the world’s largest source of...
A core group of late-life risk factors are associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, and mortality after 6 years, according to a longitudinal study in Sydney, Australia.
Coexisting severe frailty and malnutrition were found to be common among the oldest old in nursing homes, and were associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality at 1 year, according to a small prospective Japanese study.
Research conducted thus far on frailty and nutrition suggests a “moderate to strong relationship” between frailty and dietary factors — namely, protein intake and the intake of specific micronutrients — according to a recently published narrative...
Payments to health care providers under the Medicare program are subject to potential repayment or recoupment via the review processes that protect the fiscal integrity of the Medicare program. When the review process demands repayment from a...
The word “resilience” comes from the Latin word salire, which means to spring up, and the word resilire, which means to spring back. Resilience is defined as the ability to spring back or recover from a physical, emotional, financial, or social...
