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The Impact of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Program to Diagnose and Manage Ascites in Home-based Palliative Care

JAMDA
November 21, 2023
The objective of this study was to examine the impact of a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program among people with ascites receiving home-based palliative care by measuring the association of POCUS with ascites-related days spent out of the home...

Recommendations for Improving Chronic Care in Times of a Pandemic Based on Patient Experiences

JAMDA
November 21, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound and pervasive impact on the health of chronic care patients and disrupted care systems worldwide. Our research aimed to assess the impact of the pandemic on chronic care provision and provide recommendations for...

A Novel Home-Based Medication Management Program and Its Influence on Hospitalization Rates among Home Health Care Recipients

JAMDA
November 18, 2023
Patients do not take their medicine as prescribed 50% of the time, and of medication-related hospital admissions in the United States, 33% to 69% are due to poor medication adherence, at a cost of approximately $100 billion a year. Continue CareRx (...

Nursing Home Organization Mealtimes and Staff Attitude Toward Nutritional Care: A Multicenter Observational Study

JAMDA
November 18, 2023
The aims of this study were to investigate the practices of registered nurses and nurse aides at mealtimes in nursing homes (NHs) and to evaluate the attitudes of health care staff toward the nutritional care of older people.

BIG NEWS: CMS to Report SNF Medical Directors Publicly

Policy Snapshot
November 17, 2023
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule that will implement portions of section 6101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act), which requires the disclosure of certain...

Quality Payment Program: Preview Your Performance Information by December 12

Policy Snapshot
November 17, 2023
Doctors and Clinicians: Now through December 12 at 8:00 PM ET, preview your 2022 performance information before it appears on the Medicare.gov compare tool and in the Provider Data Catalog . Learn more about the 2022 Preview Period and public...

Quality Payment Program: Preview Your Performance Information by December 12

Policy Snapshot
November 17, 2023
Doctors and Clinicians: Now through December 12 at 8:00 PM ET, preview your 2022 performance information before it appears on the Medicare.gov compare tool and in the Provider Data Catalog . Learn more about the 2022 Preview Period and public...

Social Services Post-discharge and Their Association With Readmission in a 2016 Swedish Geriatric Cohort

JAMDA
November 17, 2023
To describe the social services received by a 2016 Swedish cohort after discharge from inpatient geriatric care and to analyze the association between level of social services post-discharge and 30-day readmission.

Top Five Reasons to Register for PALTC24

Spotlight
November 16, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join PALTC24 is coming! March 9-11 is only a few months away. While there are dozens of reasons to come to San Antonio for the premier national PALTC conference, here are the top five: A comprehensive, cutting-edge...

Assessment of Bidirectional Relationships between Frailty and Mental Disorders: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study

JAMDA
November 15, 2023
Although observational studies have reported the association between frailty and mental disorders, the causality remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the bidirectional causal association between frailty levels and mental disorders using a 2-sample...