A recent review by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) highlights gaps in how CMS supports state oversight of nursing home staffing. While CMS has provided new data tools to help states monitor staffing levels, including the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) system, the report finds that crucial information is...
PALTmed has written a response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on the Health Technology Ecosystem, advocating for inclusion of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) clinical and facility providers in federal health IT modernization efforts. PALTmed emphasiz...
Early detection and diagnosis of sarcopenia remain challenging. Despite significant progress in predictive modeling, there is no comprehensive evaluation of their diagnostic performance and methodologic quality across different modeling approaches and populations. This study aims to systematically evaluate...
The objective of this study was to investigate the association between sensory impairments and organic mental disorders. We also examined biological age acceleration as a potential mediator and social support as a potential moderator of this association.
To identify common long-term care patterns in the 6 years before death among individuals aged ≥65 years with dementia in the Netherlands and to examine how sociodemographic and health factors are associated with these patterns.
Frailty and poor psychological functioning remain major aging-related public and clinical health challenges. The multidimensional nature of these constructs, along with diverse assessment methods, complicate the study of their relationship. This study aims to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal re...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Polypharmacy-CNS (Poly-CNS) quality metric identifies individuals taking multiple medications with central nervous system side effects. The Poly-CNS measure may reduce risky prescribing for persons living with dementia (PLWD).
The relationship between sarcopenia and the long-term risk of hospitalization for infectious diseases is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate this relationship using a large prospective Caucasian cohort from the UK Biobank.
We implemented a pilot embedded pragmatic clinical trial of the evidence-based Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) program for people living with dementia (PLWD) in nursing homes. We sought to answer the following questions: Can staff consistently deliver IPPIs to enrolled residents ove...