JAMDA
April 21, 2026
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JAMDA
April 20, 2026
Effects of Structural Workforce Interventions on Resident and Staff Outcomes in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Rapid Living Systematic Review
Workforce interventions may relieve the growing demand for long-term care (LTC) homes, but their effectiveness in improving resident care remains unclear. We evaluated the impact of LTC home staffing interventions designed to facilitate organizational change at the team level and examined barriers and faci...
JAMDA
April 20, 2026
Physical Function, Life Expectancy, and Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A 12-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study
Preventing dementia is crucial due to its current and projected global prevalence. Older adults with cognitive impairment/dementia have worse physical function than healthy individuals. However, it is important to quantify the association between performance-based physical function and life expectancy. Thi...
JAMDA
April 20, 2026
Patterns of Daily Administration of Psychoactive Drug Classes for Distress Behavior in Dementia
Distress behaviors in dementia (DBDs) are common, are a significant burden to patients, families, and caregivers, and decrease quality of life. Despite risks, many nursing home (NH) residents are prescribed ≥ 1 classes of psychoactive medications for DBD. The objective of this study was to examine daily us...
JAMDA
April 20, 2026
Strengthening Fall Injury Reduction in Long-Term Care: 3 Implementation Enhancements to the 2025 PALTmed Falls Clinical Practice Guideline
Spotlight
April 20, 2026
New President Says, “PALTmed Has Your Back”
PALTmed President Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, FPALTC, has been on the organization’s Board of Directors since 2019, and it has been a rewarding experience since her very first day, especially hearing all the different perspectives from people she admires and respects. Now, in her current role, she’s working to i...
Policy Snapshot
April 20, 2026
ACCESS Model Application Period Extended to May 15; First Applicants Accepted to Join
More than 150 leading health care organizations have been accepted to participate in the launch of the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model.
Policy Snapshot
April 20, 2026
CMS Launches First Wave of HealthTech Ecosystem Tools, Fast-Tracking a Fully Digital, Patient-Centered Health System
A major leap forward in modernizing America’s health-care system was announced during the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) HealthTech Ecosystem Live! First Wave Launch event, which brought together CMS infrastructure, a new Medicare App Library, and an initial set of patient-facing applic...
Policy Snapshot
April 20, 2026
Tell Congress to Stabilize Medicare Clinician Payments
The bipartisan Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (H.R. 8163), introduced by Reps. Greg Murphy, MD (R-NC) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY), aims to modernize Medicare clinician payment by updating outdated budget neutrality rules and improving stability for practices and patients.
Policy Snapshot
April 20, 2026
President Nominates New CDC Director
Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH, has been nominated to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pending Senate confirmation.
