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JAMDA
September 1, 2022

Editorial Board

JAMDA
September 1, 2022

The Key to Wanting to Live in a Nursing Home

JAMDA
September 1, 2022
A recent article in the New York Times entitled “Nobody Wants to Live in a Nursing Home. Something’s Got to Give”1 speaks to the pervasive sentiment about nursing home care. In large part, the reason for disdain may be the challenge that was...

Addressing Access and Inclusion for LGBTQ+ Older Adults in Long-Term Care Communities and Older Adult Housing

JAMDA
September 1, 2022
There are more than 20 million Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ+). For many, the Stonewall Uprising in 1969 marks the start of the modern LGBTQ+ equality movement; in fact, numerous signs of...

Concern About Past Trauma Among Nursing Home Admissions: Report From Screening 722 Admissions

JAMDA
September 1, 2022
Major life changes can trigger a traumatic stress response in older adults causing trauma symptoms to resurface. In 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the requirement, without specific guidance, for trauma-informed care (...

Taking Advocacy to New Levels in Changing Times

Spotlight
August 31, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join There’s no rest for AMDA’s Public Policy Committee. The group was busy during the pandemic keeping up with policy and regulatory changes, guidance from federal agencies, and a constant barrage of news and...

Relationship between Diabetes Status and Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JAMDA
August 30, 2022
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with risk of sarcopenia. However, whether glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels are associated with sarcopenia has not reached a consensus. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between diabetes...

Reminder: The 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Self-Nomination Closes on September 1

Policy Snapshot
August 26, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to remind you that the end of the 2023 MIPS Self-Nomination for Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) and Qualified Registries is September 1, 2022, at 8:00 PM ET. The self-...

Corrigendum

JAMDA
August 26, 2022
Regarding the March 2022 abstract supplement of the journal. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2022;23(3).

Risk of Death in Nursing Home Residents After COVID-19 Vaccination

JAMDA
August 25, 2022
In the first months of 2021, the Dutch COVID-19 vaccination campaign was disturbed by reports of death in Norwegian nursing homes (NHs) after vaccination. Reports predominantly concerned persons >65 years of age with 1 or more comorbidities. Also...