Over the past decade, US nursing home workforce experienced considerable growth among advanced practitioners (APs), particularly nurse practitioners. We measured the association between workforce composition and rehospitalization from post-acute care in the nursing home.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common condition among older people and requires tailored, time-sensitive pharmacologic therapy for optimal symptom management. No prior studies have examined the extent to which doses of time-critical PD medicines are delayed or missed in residential aged care (RAC) sett...
This study modeled 5-year care trajectories of first-time, dual-eligible older adults admitted to Minnesota nursing homes (NHs), capturing discharges to the community, NH readmissions, hospitalizations, and mortality. A secondary aim was to examine associations between care trajectories and dementia, basel...
Dietary intake is a crucial factor for healthy longevity. This study examined the association between meal-skipping habits in early and midlife and physical frailty in later life among community-dwelling older adults.
This study evaluates and compares the predictive performance of 4 widely used fall risk assessment tools—Morse Fall Scale (MFS), St. Thomas's Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY), Hendrich II Fall Risk Model (Hendrich II), and Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT)—in Chinese nursing hom...
Healthy ageing is a central issue in public health; however, there is a lack of consensus regarding its determinants. We developed machine learning (ML) models to predict healthy ageing based on the characteristics of community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults.
As of October 1, 2025, Congress had not yet passed an extension of the COVID-era telehealth flexibilities that expired on the last day of September. Due to the current impasse in Congress, these critical provisions have lapsed, and until a budget solution is passed, Medicare reimbursement for several types...
On October 1, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released QSO-26-01-ALL, a memorandum outlining how state survey and certification (S&C) operations must adapt in the event of a federal government shutdown. In the memo, CMS covers functions that are not affected by the shutdown...