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What COVID-19 Innovations Can Teach Us About Improving Quality of Life in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
May 1, 2021
The impact of COVID-19 on long-term care (LTC) staff and residents has been widely documented. In many countries with available data, the percentage of deaths among nursing home residents ranged from 34% to 80% of COVID-19–related mortality.1,2...

CMS Releases Revised Guidance on Nursing Home Visitations and COVID Testing

Policy Snapshot
April 30, 2021
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released revised guidance on nursing home visitation and long-term care facility testing requirements. For communal activities and dining, the new guidance states that “residents who...

Register for the 2021 MIPS Quality and Cost Performance Categories Webinar

Policy Snapshot
April 30, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar on Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 2:00–3:30 PM ET to provide an overview of the quality and cost performance category requirements for the 2021 performance year of the Merit-...

Rejection of Care and Aggression among Older Veterans with Dementia: The Influence of Background Factors and Interpersonal Triggers

JAMDA
April 30, 2021
To test relationships among background factors, interpersonal triggers, rejection of care, and aggression among veterans living with dementia in residential long-term care settings, based on the need-driven dementia-compromised behavior model.

Early Predictors for Discharge to Geriatric Rehabilitation after Hip Fracture Treatment of Older Patients

JAMDA
April 29, 2021
To investigate early predictors for discharge to a geriatric rehabilitation department at a skilled nursing home in older patients after hospitalization for hip fracture surgery.

Innovative Model for Dementia Care Focuses on Well-Being for Better Outcomes and Quality of Life

Spotlight
April 28, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When it comes to behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), suggests Angela Norman, DNP, GNP-BD, ACNP-BC, “Past practice was to wait until there was a problem and then react.” The Well-Being Model (...

Impact of Preoperative Social Frailty on Overall Survival and Cancer-Specific Survival among Older Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer

JAMDA
April 28, 2021
Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome. However, typical frailty scales used in oncology clinics assess physical impairment and/or malnutrition but do not consider the social domain. Our study aimed to clarify the relationship between preoperative...

Exploring Antibiotic Utilization in Assisted Living: Identifying Opportunities for Improvement

JAMDA
April 28, 2021
Overuse and misuse of antibiotics are major threats to public health, and the focus of national efforts to improve the quality of antibiotic prescribing in all health care settings, including assisted living facilities (ALFs). Understanding the...

Sensory Health for Residents with Dementia in Care Homes in England: A Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Survey

JAMDA
April 28, 2021
Most residents with dementia (RwD) in long-term care (LTC) facilities experience hearing and vision problems, yet these sensory deficits, which are associated with poor outcomes, are frequently under-recognized or incompletely managed.

Nursing Home Profit Margins and Citations for Infection Prevention and Control

JAMDA
April 27, 2021
Recent rampant spread of COVID-19 cases in nursing homes has highlighted the concerns around nursing homes’ ability to contain the spread of infections. The ability of nursing homes to invest in quality improvement initiatives may depend on resource...