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Clarifying the Relationship Between Benzodiazepines and Dementia

JAMDA
February 1, 2020
Dementia is a global health problem, with the World Health Organization estimates placing the number of afflicted persons at around 50 million worldwide.1 Without a treatment or cure, projections are that numbers will increase dramatically around...

Flexibility: Another Piece of the Puzzle for Healthy Aging?

JAMDA
February 1, 2020
It is well understood that “resilience,” or the ability to adapt in the face of trauma or significant sources of stress,1 is an important component of healthy aging.2 However, what about the ability to compromise or adjust to minor fluctuations in...

Response to Letters to the Editor the Imperative for Person-Centered Care: Focus on Assessing and Working With LTC Residents Rather Than Percent of People on Medication Without Data on Appropriate Use and Problems With DICE and BPSD

JAMDA
January 31, 2020
The response letter by Nash et al to our recent article1 raises the concern that the palliative care “lens” was missing from the patient vignette. We would note that the case described a patient who has moderate dementia and thus, we would not...

Impact of Prior Home Care on Length of Stay in Residential Care for Australians With Dementia

JAMDA
January 31, 2020
To assess the impact of home care on length-of-stay within residential care.

Position Statement Tackles Marijuana Issues

Spotlight
January 30, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It’s not unusual for AMDA to tackle challenging, even controversial, issues, so it’s not surprising that the organization took on the use of marijuana in nursing homes and developed a well-thought-out, researched...
Policy Snapshot
Practitioners
January 30, 2020
The Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act (H.R. 4468) is bipartisan legislation, introduced by Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Ron Estes (R-KS), that will help address the critical shortage of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) by ensuring that CNAs...

Nursing Homes: Use Updated Infection Control Worksheet

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Infections, Practitioners
January 30, 2020
The November 2019 State Survey Agency Directors Memorandum includes infection control information and basic practices to improve resident safety and quality in nursing homes. Read the memo and log in to the Quality, Safety & Education Portal ,...

Nursing Home Quality Initiative: Draft MDS 3.0 Item Released

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
January 30, 2020
A new draft version of the MDS 3.0 Item Set Change History for October 2020 (v1.18.0) is available. Visit the MDS 3.0 Technical Information webpage for more information. AMDA is currently reviewing changes in MDS and will provide updates as...

CMS To Revamp Medicare Compare Websites

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Practitioners
January 30, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working on new improvements to Medicare.gov to help patients find health care providers in different settings across the care continuum. Later this year, CMS plans to launch a simplified and...

ONC Annual Meeting Focuses on Patient Access to Health Records

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
January 30, 2020
Hundreds of policy makers, thought leaders, vendors, and other stakeholders interested in the future direction of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT gathered last week in Washington, DC, for the ONC Annual Meeting. The...