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The Usefulness of an Alternative Diagnostic Method for Sarcopenia Using Thickness and Echo Intensity of Lower Leg Muscles in Older Males

JAMDA
March 19, 2019
Sarcopenia is diagnosed on the basis of skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength/function; however, simpler and more accurate measures for muscle mass and muscle strength/function should be explored using ultrasonography. This study aimed to...

Effects of Elastic Resistance Training on Functional Performance and Myokines in Older Women—A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
March 19, 2019
To investigate the short- and long-term effects of elastic resistance training (ERT) on physical performance, inflammatory markers, and myokines in older women living in a nursing home.

March 17, 2019

Weekly Roundup
March 17, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join "We are facing a lot of challenges at this point. The patients are getting sicker, the resources are not there, we don't have enough staff, the training is not that great for all the staff members. We have a lot of...

Congress Introduces Legislation to Ensure Medicare SNF Coverage and Stop Surprise Billing

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status, Practitioners
March 14, 2019
Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to fix an arbitrary Medicare policy that excludes coverage of skilled nursing care for certain patients, resulting...

President Trump Releases FY2020 Budget

Policy Snapshot
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Practitioners
March 14, 2019
On March 11, the president released to Congress his budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The budget request proposes significant reductions to Medicare and Medicaid over 10 years. The president’s budget is non-binding. Congress will now develop...

Data Interoperability across the Continuum: CMS Data Element Library Call on March 19

Policy Snapshot
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
March 14, 2019
During this call on Tuesday, March 19, from 1:30-3 PM ET, you’ll learn about the recently released CMS Data Element Library (DEL), a database of post-acute care patient assessment content mapped to nationally accepted health IT standards to support...

Meet the Society’s New President

Spotlight
March 14, 2019
Hi everyone. My name is Arif Nazir. I’m the chief medical officer for Signature HealthCARE and president of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. How did you first become involved with the Society? I first got involved with...

Nursing Home Length of Stay in 3 Canadian Health Regions: Temporal Trends, Jurisdictional Differences, and Associated Factors

JAMDA
March 14, 2019
To assess (1) temporal changes (2008–2015) in nursing home (NH) length of stay (LoS) in 3 Canadian health jurisdictions (Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg), (2) resident admission characteristics associated with LoS, and (3) temporal changes of admission...

Response to Letter to the Editor “Caregiver Assessment Is Critical to HBMC”

JAMDA
March 14, 2019
We appreciate the wide-ranging comments regarding the importance of caregiver assessment in home-based medical care (HBMC) and the writer's appreciation of our initial steps to develop a quality of care framework,1 quality indicators,2 and a culture...

A Systematic Approach for Prescribing Posthospitalization Home-Based Physical Activity for Mobility in Older Adults: The PATH Study

JAMDA
March 11, 2019
Older patients experience increased loss of mobility after hospitalization, largely because of physical disabilities and inactivity. There are, however, no current recommendations for prescribing physical activity (PA) at hospital discharge.