JAMDA
June 1, 2014
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Policy Snapshot
June 9, 2025
Federal Government Appeals Ruling That Blocked Nursing Home Staffing Mandate
The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a recent court ruling that blocked the new nursing home staffing mandate final rule. In April 2025, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) exceeded its statutory authority by imposing minimum staffing requirements on...
Policy Snapshot
July 29, 2022
CMS Enhances Nursing Home Rating System with Staffing and Turnover Data
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System, which integrates data nursing homes report on their weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover among nurses and administrators.
JAMDA
February 7, 2014
Successful Reduction of Psychotropic Medication Use by Accurate Monitoring of Resident Behavior
JAMDA
August 21, 2020
Nurse Decision-making for Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Nursing Homes: Potential Targets to Reduce Antibiotic Overuse
To determine what information is most important to registered nurses' (RNs) decisions to call clinicians about suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs) in nursing home residents.
JAMDA
September 20, 2021
Younger Individuals Increase Their Use of Nursing Homes Following ACA Medicaid Expansion
This study examines the effect of Medicaid eligibility expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the utilization of nursing home services by younger individuals and those covered by Medicaid.
JAMDA
September 1, 2017
Prevalence of Preventive Cardiovascular Medication Use In Nursing Home Residents. Room for Deprescribing? The SHELTER Study
In nursing home (NH) residents with a very short life expectancy, the benefits of preventive cardiovascular medication maintenance are questionable.
JAMDA
July 26, 2016
Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review
As older adults living in nursing homes are at a high risk of adverse drug-related events, medications with a poor benefit/risk ratio or with a safer alternative should be avoided.
JAMDA
March 24, 2016
Patterns of Emergency Department Use Among Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents With Differing Levels of Dementia Severity
To describe emergency department (ED) utilization among long-stay nursing home residents with different levels of dementia severity.
JAMDA
September 16, 2019
Antibiograms Cannot Be Used Interchangeably Between Acute Care Medical Centers and Affiliated Nursing Homes
To determine whether antibiograms for Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes (NHs), termed Community Living Centers, are similar to those from their affiliated acute care medical centers.
