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Lifting Federal Visitation Restriction and COVID-19 Infections in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
May 15, 2025
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended restricting visitors from entering nursing homes as a precaution. The restriction was lifted on September 17, 2020. This study examines whether COVID-19...

Transforming Transitional Care: Early Hospital Discharge through the Care at Home Program

JAMDA
May 15, 2025
Every year, thousands of patients face the challenging transition from hospital to home, resulting in high readmission rates and excessive resource use. Our telemedicine-based Care at Home (CaH) program, which facilitates early discharge, was...

Impact of an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Enhanced Electronic Health Record System on Quality Measures in Nursing Homes: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis

JAMDA
May 15, 2025
This study evaluated the impact of an electronic health record (EHR) system enhanced with artificial intelligence and machine learning (EHR+AI) on quality measures in nursing homes in the United States.

Feasibility of Novel Opioid Assessment Tool for Rehabilitation Patients in a Skilled Nursing Facility

JAMDA
May 15, 2025
A uniform standardized assessment of opioid treatment does not exist to guide management decisions for patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The purpose of this study is to determine if (1) a novel opioid assessment tool can be feasibly...

CMS Quality Star Ratings for Nursing Homes Change Frequently: A Descriptive Analysis of Trends From 2009 to 2020

JAMDA
May 13, 2025
Nursing Home Compare star ratings are closely watched by hospital delivery systems, policymakers, and consumers as measures of care quality. However, very little is known about the degree to which nursing homes can or do move between star ratings,...

Mechanisms Leading to Sedentary Behaviors among Older Adults in Chinese Residential Care Homes: The Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behavior Model Guided Structural Equation Modeling

JAMDA
May 13, 2025
To evaluate sedentary behaviors among older adults in residential care homes and explore potential mechanisms leading to sedentary behaviors based on the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation to Behavior (COM-B) model.

Physician Health Counseling for Older Adults with Obesity in the United States, 2015-2019: An Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data

JAMDA
May 13, 2025
Obesity affects one-third of American adults aged ≥65 years. Despite the increasing uptake of prescription weight loss medications, physician provision of diet and exercise weight loss counseling and referrals benefits patients and improves health...

Assessing Facility, Resident, and Financial Characteristics Associated with HUD 232–Sponsored Loan Participation in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
May 12, 2025
Many nursing homes require significant modernization to enhance resident quality of life, yet access to capital remains a critical barrier, especially for those dependent on Medicaid funding. The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 232–sponsored...

Which Enhanced Influenza Vaccine Has the Greatest Immunogenicity in Long-Term Care Residents: The Adjuvanted or the High-Dose Formulation?

JAMDA
May 12, 2025
This study compares enhanced influenza vaccines recommended for older adults, adjuvanted flu vaccine (aTIV, FLUAD) vs high-dose flu vaccine (HD-IIV3, FLUZONE HD) to determine if they met noninferiority standards for older long-term care facility (...

Dementia Care Training Interventions for Residential Aged Care Workers: An Umbrella Review

JAMDA
May 10, 2025
Staff working in residential aged care (RAC) play a vital role in delivering quality care to residents with dementia. This umbrella review aimed to summarize reviews that examined dementia training interventions for RAC staff and their effects, to...