Persons with dementia are frequently hospitalized, which threatens their ability to return to and live at home. Current post-acute paradigms tend to default to short-term rehabilitation in a nursing home. Still, alternative post-acute care models are crucial for veterans with dementia to recover at home. T...
Few studies have explored specific trajectories or patterns of falls over time in older adults, and the role of sex and self-reported risk factors for these trajectories were overlooked. This study aimed to identify sex-specific fall trajectories over 3 years and the self-reported risk factors associated w...
Skilled nursing providers and clinicians are criticizing Congress’ short-term spending bill signed by President Trump, which notably omitted the reversal of cuts in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. They believe sector instability will be a residual effect.
Last week, Congress passed a government funding bill to avert a shutdown, but it notably lacked provisions addressing the 2.8% Medicare physician payment cut that took effect on January 1, 2025. PALTmed had hoped the bill would include provisions from the bipartisan Medicare Patient Access and Practice Sta...
Despite growing interest in expansion of consumer- (or self-) directed models of Medicaid-funded personal care, research characterizing program use is limited. We leverage health plan and claims data from a large health plan in New York to examine (1) trends in use of consumer-directed care and (2) the imp...
To evaluate the response of skeletal muscle architecture (fascicle length and pennation angle) and composition (echo intensity) markers assessed by ultrasonography to intervention in older adults.
The nursing home (NH) population has become increasingly diverse, yet many facilities remain de facto racially segregated. This study examines whether a high proportion of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) residents is associated with nursing staff levels.