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Toes in the Sand: A 102nd Birthday Wish Fulfilled

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
Ruth, who will turn 102 this month, has been a staple at our retirement community since the moment she walked in. The other residents describe her as incredible, elegant, and inspiring. She brings wit, humor, beauty, and all of the wisdom she earned...

Rediscovering Purpose and Passion: My Journey Through Loss, Isolation, and the Healing Power of Connection in Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2025
As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, I often see residents in long-term care settings at their worst times. I went into psychiatry and particularly long-term care because as a former registered nurse case manager for a waiver program I...

Gaps and Opportunities to Improve Post-Acute Care Decision-Making for Older Veterans: Insights From VA National Leaders

JAMDA
October 31, 2025
To understand how national leaders within the US Veterans Administration (VA)—a large, integrated single-payer/provider system—conceptualize post-acute care decision-making.

An Explicit Live Discharge Protocol for Hospice-Initiated Live Discharges

JAMDA
October 31, 2025
Hospice-initiated discharges, or those not requested by patients or caregivers, are distinct from voluntary disenrollment from hospice because they often occur without adequate preparation. Hospice patients who have stabilized and been deemed no...

Recommendations for Integrating Certified Nursing Assistants Into Interdisciplinary Care Teams and Planning

JAMDA
October 31, 2025
Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are foundational to delivering hands-on care in nursing homes; however, persistent shortages and high turnover threaten care quality and workforce stability.1–3 Elevating the CNA role, particularly through...

Virtual Group Clinics Improve Self-Reported Long COVID Symptoms Among Veterans: Results From a Holistic Care Approach

JAMDA
October 29, 2025
Long COVID (LC), has created unprecedented challenges for health care systems. This condition, characterized by multiorgan symptoms lasting beyond 12 weeks after initial infection, affects approximately 10% to 26% of COVID-19 survivors,1 resulting...

A Simultaneous Mixed-Methods Examination of Factors Influencing Intent-to-Leave Among Nursing Home Care Providers in 25 Long-Term Care Facilities

JAMDA
October 29, 2025
We examined nursing home care providers' (NHCPs’) self-reported intent-to-leave (ITL) within 1 year and identified associated demographic, well-being, and workplace factors.

Medicaid Mechanisms and State Licensure: Pathways to Payment in Assisted Living

JAMDA
October 28, 2025
To document and highlight the variation in the types of assisted living (AL) licensed settings eligible for Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) payment.

Two Easy-to-Use Scores to Identify Acute Geriatric Patients With High Rehabilitation Success

JAMDA
October 28, 2025
Many geriatric patients who would benefit from a stay in an acute geriatric ward (AGW) are not identified because of the lack of objective and standardized predictive measures for rehabilitation success. We thus aimed to develop 2 easy-to-use,...

Machine Learning in Sarcopenia Diagnosis: Promising but Requires Caution in Clinical Translation

JAMDA
October 28, 2025
We commend Kara et al1 for their innovative study on developing a machine learning (ML)-based algorithm to screen and diagnose sarcopenia. Given sarcopenia's rising prevalence and health care burden, this study is timely with a large multicenter...