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Transitions Between Frailty States and Its Predictors in a Cohort of Community-Dwelling Spaniards

JAMDA
August 10, 2021
Study the frequency and determinants of frailty transitions in a community-dwelling older population.

Prognostic Interplay of Functional Status and Multimorbidity Among Older Patients Discharged From Hospital

JAMDA
August 9, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic weight of multimorbidity and functional impairment over long-term mortality among older patients discharged from acute care hospitals.

Orthostatic Hypotension is a Risk Factor for Falls Among Older Adults: 3-Year Follow-Up

JAMDA
August 9, 2021
To assess the prevalence of orthostatic hypotension (OH) and the association of OH with the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults with a previous fall.

August 8, 2021

Weekly Roundup
August 8, 2021
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CMS Releases FY 2022 IPPS Final Rule

Policy Snapshot
August 6, 2021
On August 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. Effective October 1, 2021, the final rule updates Medicare payment policies and quality reporting...

Nursing Home Staff Vaccine Mandates Continue to Grow

Policy Snapshot
August 6, 2021
Several states as well as nursing home chains are now requiring that staff get vaccinated. Most recently, Massachusetts will require all nursing home staff to receive COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment by October 10, according to a...

Legislation to Improve Telehealth Reintroduced

Policy Snapshot
August 6, 2021
On July 29, Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Ann Kuster (D-NH) reintroduced companion versions of the Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of...

Implementation of a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Condition of Employment in a Community Nursing Home

JAMDA
August 6, 2021
The rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination uptake by US nursing home staff remains low despite the increased risks of viral transmission and related morbidity and mortality in this setting. This study describes vaccine uptake...

U.S. Nursing Home Quality Ratings Associated with COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

JAMDA
August 6, 2021
To inform future policies and disaster preparedness plans in the vulnerable nursing home setting, we need greater insight into the relationship between nursing homes’ (NHs’) quality and the spread and severity of COVID-19 in NH facilities. We...

New Board Member Plays a Tune of Advocacy, Volunteerism

Spotlight
August 5, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Volunteerism and long-term care have gone hand-in-hand for Sing Palat, MD, CMD, since high school, when she and her friends would go to nursing homes to play music. “It was my first glimpse into long-term care, and...