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March 2, 2026
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Policy Snapshot
March 2, 2026
FY 2027 SNF VBP Program March 2026 Quarterly Reports Are Now Available
The March 2026 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
“Your Presence Still Matters”: Reimagining Aging Through Youthful Eyes
For many young people, nursing homes are invisible—rarely discussed and often portrayed as symbols of decline. A Gallup/West Health poll found that nearly 70% of Americans feel uncomfortable at the thought of being admitted to one. Younger generations often imagine these places as sterile, sad, or even fri...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
Nursing Home Parenteral Therapies: Clinical Guidance and Payment Considerations
The most fundamental principle in geriatric and long-term care medicine: ensure every treatment order aligns with the resident’s values and goals of care—eliciting these is a core skill for long-term care physicians. Many residents have multimorbidity, and a substantial proportion are at the end of life. E...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
From Uncertainty to Understanding: An Update on Trauma-Informed Care
In November 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the final phase of a trauma-informed care (TIC) provision for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) as part of F-tag F699, which requires facilities to provide trauma survivors with culturally competent trauma-informed care. ...
JAMDA
March 2, 2026
Tools to Measure Noncognitive Symptoms in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia: A Scoping Review
Many instruments are validated for assessing agitation and other noncognitive symptoms in dementia (NCSDs) but their feasibility and psychometric properties in people with advanced dementia in nursing home settings is unclear. This scoping review aims to identify tools to measure (1) agitation and (2) othe...
JAMDA
March 2, 2026
Periodontal Disease as a Marker of Malnutrition Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Periodontal disease (PD), a prevalent condition in older adults, may impair nutritional status through reduced masticatory function, systemic inflammation, and altered dietary intake. However, few studies have examined the relationship between clinically assessed PD and validated nutritional risk metrics, ...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
Basking in the Glow of the Foundation’s Sponsored Research Program: Just Look at What Your Money Can Buy
Since 2022, the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has supported a research grant program awarding funding to the “best” proposals. Five stellar projects were selected between 2022 and 2025 following a rigorous process of review by a committee of experts. The Grant Committee applies hig...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
Meet Caring for the Ages’ New Editor: Barbara Zarowitz
After the decision was made to reinvent the beloved Caring for the Ages as a joint monthly online-only publication of PALTmed and the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, the search began for a new editor-in-chief. The Search Committee soon chose Barbara Zarowitz, PharmD, MSW, BCPS, BCGP,...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
