JAMDA
January 24, 2022
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News Release
January 17, 2022
AMDA Releases Guidance for Medical Exemptions to Vaccination and Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Vaccine Mandates
Workers in Medicare- or Medicaid-funded health-care provider organizations are now required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of participation in Medicare and Medicaid. Employees/ practitioners may request exemptions from such vaccine...
JAMDA
January 11, 2022
Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Age, and Frailty Are Associated With 6-Month Vaccine-Induced Anti-Spike Antibody Titer in Nursing Home Residents
Older nursing home residents make up the population at greatest risk of morbidity and mortality from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. No studies have examined the determinants of long-term antibody responses post vaccination in this group.
JAMDA
December 24, 2021
Integrating Principles of Safety Culture and Just Culture Into Nursing Homes: Lessons From the Pandemic
Decades of concerns about the quality of care provided by nursing homes have led state and federal agencies to create layers of regulations and penalties. As such, regulatory efforts to improve nursing home care have largely focused on the identification of deficiencies and assignment of sanctions. The cur...
JAMDA
December 24, 2021
Nursing Home Design and COVID-19: Implications for Guidelines and Regulation
Nursing homes (NHs) are important health care and residential environments for the growing number of frail older adults. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of NHs as they became COVID-19 hotspots. This study examines the associations of NH design with COVID-19 cases, deaths, and transmissi...
JAMDA
December 24, 2021
Telehealth Management and Risk Stratification of Older Patients With Chronic Heart Failure During COVID-19 Pandemic: Prognostic Evaluation of the TeleHFCovid19-Score
To evaluate 6-month risk stratification capacity of the newly developed TeleHFCovid19-Score for remote management of older patients with heart failure (HF) during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
JAMDA
December 22, 2021
Infection Control in Long-Term Care: An Old Problem and New Priority
JAMDA
December 22, 2021
Advancing Clinical Trials in Nursing Homes: A Proposed Roadmap to Success
An effective clinical research effort in nursing homes to address prevention and treatment of COVID-19 faced overwhelming challenges. Under the Health Care Systems Research Network-Older Americans Independence Centers AGING Initiative, a multidisciplinary Stakeholder Advisory Panel was convened to develop ...
JAMDA
December 17, 2021
Caring for a Relative With Dementia in Long-Term Care During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic created unique stressors for caregivers of persons with dementia living in long-term care (LTC) facilities. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the challenges associated with caring for a relative with dementia in LTC during the pandemic, as well as resources, strate...
JAMDA
December 15, 2021
COVID-19, Vulnerability, and Long-Term Mortality in Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Older Persons
Studies suggesting that vulnerability increased short-term mortality in older patients with COVID-19 enrolled hospitalized patients and lacked COVID-negative comparators. Aim of this study was to examine the relationship between frailty and 1-year mortality in older patients with and without COVID-19, hosp...
