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Policy Snapshot
May 12, 2025
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Policy Snapshot
May 12, 2025
PALTmed Joins National Call to Preserve Critical Health Technology Office
The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) has signed onto a joint letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), joining a coalition of health and technology organizations in urging protection of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Po...
JAMDA
May 12, 2025
Protective Effects of Social Activity on the Disability Incidence among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Chronic Pain
Identifying the factors that contribute to the incidence of disability in older adults and the activities that can be engaged in to reduce the risk of disability is critical to the health of older adults. This study aimed to assess the impact of social activities on the incidence of disability during follo...
JAMDA
May 10, 2025
Impact of Severe Dyspnea on Mortality and Disability: A 9-Year Cohort Study of Older Adults in Japan
We investigated the association of severe dyspnea and frailty with all-cause mortality and disability in Japanese community-dwelling older adults.
JAMDA
May 10, 2025
Qualitative Study of the Context of Health Information Technology in Sepsis Care Transitions: Facilitators, Barriers, and Strategies for Improvement
To examine how health information technology (HIT) supports timely post-acute home health and outpatient care for sepsis survivors by identifying facilitators, barriers, and proposed strategies.
Spotlight
May 9, 2025
Dodd Award Recipient Believes in Paying it Forward
The William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service, one of four Excellence Awards given out by the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, recognizes significant contributions to building PALTmed’s organizational strength, image, and mission. Based on that description, it makes perfe...
JAMDA
May 9, 2025
Trajectory of Cardiometabolic Disease–Related Hospitalizations Before and After Dementia Diagnosis: A Matched Cohort Study
Dementia is associated with increased health care use; however, the timing of hospitalizations in relation to the development of dementia remains unclear. Cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke often co-occur with dementia, but the impact of dementia on hospita...
JAMDA
May 9, 2025
Innovative Patient Access to Home-Based Primary Care in Central Virginia
Home-based primary care (HBPC) is uniquely capable of meeting the health care needs of homebound older adults, many of whom experience diminished access to primary care. Research demonstrations of HBPC have often recruited patients based on prior acute care utilization or around the time of hospital discha...
JAMDA
May 7, 2025
The Multiple Determinants of Infection Prevention and Control Practices in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review
To map the barriers and facilitators influencing infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in nursing homes (NHs) from a behavior change perspective and to identify research gaps.
JAMDA
May 5, 2025