Monitoring body weight and signs and symptoms related to heart failure (HF) can alert clinicians to a patient's worsening condition but the degree to which these practices are performed in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is unknown. This study...
In response to the lack of longitudinal evidence, this study aims to disentangle time sequence and directionality between the severity of geriatric conditions (GCs) and loneliness.
To determine the all-cause health care resource utilization and costs among long-term nursing home (LTNH) residents with and without overactive bladder (OAB).
Clinical implications of asymptomatic cases of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes remain poorly understood. We assessed the association of symptom status and medical comorbidities on mortality and hospitalization risk...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When Howard Finger, DO, received the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Quality Improvement & Health Outcomes (QIHO) Award earlier this year, the COVID-19 pandemic was in the early stages...
To evaluate the efficacy of daily consumption of fortified yogurt with beta-Hydroxy beta-Methyl Butyrate (HMB) and vitamins D and C on measures of sarcopenia, inflammation, and quality of life in sarcopenic older adults.
In its official comment letter on the CY2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, the Society asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase the values of nursing facility and assisted living family of services to...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public reporting tip sheets for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs): Strategy for data exempted from public...
