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The Prevalence of Frailty Among Older Adults Living With Dementia: A Systematic Review

JAMDA
March 10, 2022
To investigate the prevalence of frailty in older adults living with dementia and explore the differences in medication use according to frailty status.

Communication Technology Improved Staff, Resident, and Family Interactions in a Skilled Nursing Home During COVID-19

JAMDA
March 8, 2022
Long-term care (LTC) settings have implemented family visitor restrictions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that may exacerbate isolation and loneliness among residents,1,2 which have been linked to worse health outcomes such as increased risk for...

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Drug-Related Problems in People With Dementia Living in the Community: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
March 8, 2022
The aims of this systematic review were to identify the prevalence and risk factors associated with drug-related problems (DRPs) in people living with dementia in the community.

Inguinal Hernia Repair in Older Persons

JAMDA
March 5, 2022
Groin hernia repair is one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States, with more than 700,000 performed every year. These repairs are commonly performed in an elective setting to alleviate symptoms and prevent obstruction and/or...

CMS Reopens the MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Application for the 2021 MIPS Performance Year in Response to COVID-19

Policy Snapshot
March 4, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to offer flexibilities to provide relief to clinicians responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). CMS applied the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) automatic...

2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Performance Information Now Available on Care Compare

Policy Snapshot
March 4, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added new Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information for doctors, clinicians, groups, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to the Doctors and Clinicians section of Medicare Care...

Formal and Informal Relationships Between Nursing Homes and Hospital Systems are Common but do They Improve Care?

JAMDA
March 4, 2022
The most cited explanation for the fragmentation of America's health care system is the lack of information that flows between health care providers.1‒3 Providers in acute care settings often have little knowledge of the care that occurred prior to...

Realities, Innovation, Best Practices: Caring Tackles Staffing with Special Issue

Spotlight
March 2, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Staffing in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) has long been challenging, but the pandemic and rising wages in other industries competing for workers, as well as illness and burnout, have taken the crisis to new...

Evaluating Age as a Predictor of Postoperative Opioid Use and Prescribing Habits in Older Adults With Cancer

JAMDA
March 2, 2022
To assess the narcotic use of older patients after oncologic resection.

Robot-Assisted vs Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy in Octogenarians

JAMDA
March 2, 2022
With increasing age, there is greater need for right-sided colonic resections than its left-sided counterparts. Older age is associated with limited physical and functional status, which carries greater operative risk. Improvements in robotic...