The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes focuses on but is not limited to long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia; the potential impact on residents with other diagnoses is...
EHealth interventions are increasingly being applied in perioperative care but have not been adequately studied for older surgical patients who could potentially benefit from them. Therefore, we evaluated the feasibility of perioperative eHealth...
Investigating the lifestyle activity patterns of urban community-dwelling Japanese older adults, focusing on physical frailty and cognitive impairment.
Patient preference for place of death is an important component of advance care planning (ACP). If patients’ preference for place of death changes over time, this questions the value of their documented preference. We aimed to assess the extent and...
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a prevalent phenomenon in adults, and although cohort studies have reported an association between EDS and adverse health outcomes, the results are inconclusive. This meta-analysis summarizes the evidence from...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding the next edition of its Comprehensive National Nursing Home Training Series this Tuesday, July 21, at 4:00 PM ET. It is open to nursing home leaders, clinical and administrative staff...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join New international guidelines for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers/injuries have been published, and they contain much revised information and guidance of interest to post-acute and long-term care (...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a targeted approach to provide additional resources to nursing homes in COVID-19 hotspot areas. Specifically, CMS plans to: Deploy Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs)...
You are invited to complete a Telehealth Impact Study Provider Questionnaire by clicking on the link below. The study has been approved by the Mayo Clinic IRB and is part of the efforts in the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition* to address the pandemic...
The National Governors Association (NGA) released an updated memo and table of state actions summarizing COVID-19 response strategies for populations receiving long-term care. NGA also released a briefing on COVID-19 testing in long-term care...
