JAMDA
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JAMDA
April 20, 2026
Effects of Structural Workforce Interventions on Resident and Staff Outcomes in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Rapid Living Systematic Review
Workforce interventions may relieve the growing demand for long-term care (LTC) homes, but their effectiveness in improving resident care remains unclear. We evaluated the impact of LTC home staffing interventions designed to facilitate organizational change at the team level and examined barriers and faci...
Policy Snapshot
December 15, 2023
Billing for Flu, Pneumococcal, and COVID-19 Vaccines
For flu, pneumococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines furnished on or after July 1, 2023, to patients staying in a Medicare Part A-covered skilled nursing facility (SNF), immunizers can no longer bill Medicare directly.
JAMDA
January 6, 2024
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Trajectories of Cognitive Decline and Depression Symptoms in Long-Term Care Facility Residents
To compare the longitudinal rates of change in cognition and depressive symptoms between 2019 (pre–COVID-19 pandemic) and 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic) among long-term care facility (LTCF) residents in Iowa, which ranked among the top 10 US states that suffered from extreme nursing staff shortages during this c...
JAMDA
November 13, 2023
Staff Turnover Intention at Long-Term Care Facilities: Implications of Resident Aggression, Burnout, and Fatigue
Staff shortages and the high turnover rate of nursing assistants pose great challenges to long-term care. This study examined the effects of aggression from residents of long-term care facilities, burnout, and fatigue on staff turnover intention. The findings will help managers to devise effective measures...
PALTmed In The News
March 18, 2025
SNFs, clinicians sound off on Congress’ inaction on physician fee schedule cuts in spending bill
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.
JAMDA
January 23, 2017
Pneumococcal Vaccination Guidance for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings: Recommendations From AMDA's Infection Advisory Committee
Efforts at preventing pneumococcal disease are a national health priority, particularly in older adults and especially in post-acute and long-term care settings The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that all adults ≥65 years of age, as well as adults 18–64 years of age with specific r...
JAMDA
September 27, 2017
Impact of Contextual Factors on Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers II Implementation and Hospital Readmission Rates
Identify contextual and implementation factors impacting the effectiveness of an organizational-level intervention to reduce preventable hospital readmissions from affiliated skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
JAMDA
August 11, 2018
An Analysis of Falls and Those who Fall in a Chronic Care Facility
Falls in hospitals lead to adverse patient outcomes and prevention of falls is of upmost importance. Little is known about fall and injury rates in chronic care facilities, which are similar to skilled nursing facilities in the United States. Current fall risk tools in this setting are not well studied. En...
PALTmed In The News
July 18, 2024
JAMDA Highlights--Meet Adam: A robotic senior companion made to need less human help
Since human-facilitated robot activity is often impractical in resource-constrained nursing facilities, the authors of a new study in the July issue of JAMDA developed and implemented a novel robot control logic they termed the “Adam Program.” It acts as the brains for a programmable human-like robot produ...
