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Policy Snapshot
April 14, 2025
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Policy Snapshot
April 14, 2025
MedPAC Highlights Concerns About Nursing Home Quality Ratings
At its April 11, 2025, public meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) focused on the persistent challenges in nursing home quality oversight and the limitations of current Medicare policies aimed at improvement. MedPAC staff highlighted widespread concerns with the current Five-Star Qual...
Policy Snapshot
April 14, 2025
Federal Judge Strikes Down CMS Nursing Home Staffing Mandate
A federal judge in Texas has struck down a Biden administration rule that would have imposed a nationwide staffing minimum for nursing homes. The rule, set to begin phasing in by 2026, would have required facilities to have a registered nurse on-site 24/7 and provide at least 33 minutes of RN care per resi...
JAMDA
April 14, 2025
The Effects of Commercial Conversational Agents on Older Adults’ Mental Health: A Scoping Review
With increasing life expectancy, more older adults are experiencing poor mental health because of the significant life transitions they face. Commercial conversational agents (CAs) are emerging devices that can potentially support older adults' mental well-being. However, limited literature has evalua...
JAMDA
April 14, 2025
Measuring Physical Activity in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
To identify physical activity and sedentary behavior outcomes, measurement tools and protocols used, and data integrity in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of hospital-based movement interventions in middle-aged and older adults.
JAMDA
April 13, 2025
Agreement of Medicare Part D and Minimum Data Set Reported Psychotropic Medication Use in Nursing Homes
Little evidence exists on the accuracy of the Minimum Data Set (MDS)–based medication items. We compared quarterly rates of antipsychotic, antidepressant, and hypnotic use between the MDS and Part D Prescription Drug Event file (PDE) in 2018.
JAMDA
April 13, 2025
Social Engagement is Associated with Location-based Digital Markers on a Dementia Care Unit
Social engagement is an important contributor to quality of life and the overall health of people with dementia. There is an opportunity to develop an objective measure of social engagement by capturing factors such as the number and duration of social contacts, time in social settings, and social network ...
JAMDA
April 13, 2025
Commitment and Intention in Employee Turnover: An LTC Sector Study Using TCM and TTM Models
Long-term care (LTC) providers are facing a persistent issue of employee turnover. Various sources cite turnover rates of 79% to 124% in 2024. We used the three-component model (TCM) of commitment and the transtheoretical model of change (TTM) to study the correlation between employee commitment and their ...
JAMDA
April 13, 2025
Post-Acute Care Staff Perspectives of Changes since the COVID-19 Pandemic
Spotlight
April 11, 2025