JAMDA
July 21, 2017
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Caring for the Ages
September 29, 2022
Racial Disparities, Reimbursement for Care, and Quality of Life: Factors That May Influence the Prescribing of Antipsychotics for Minority Nursing Home Residents
JAMDA
February 26, 2020
Discontinuation of Antipsychotic Medication in Two Nursing Home Patients with Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
JAMDA
February 7, 2014
Point Prevalence of Risk: Combined Effects of Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, Narcotics and Sedative-hypnotics on Falls in a Nursing Home Long Term Care Unit. An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
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
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
January 27, 2026
Falls in the Nursing Home: The Impact of Staffing Levels and Agency Staff Use on Injurious Falls
A recent investigation between staffing patterns in nursing homes (NH) and quality outcomes has not occurred. Our objective was to examine whether staffing levels and utilization of agency staff are associated with injurious falls in NHs.
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
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.
