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JAMDA
July 4, 2019
Nursing Home Star Ratings and New Onset of Depression in Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents
To examine the association between nursing home (NH) quality and new onset of depression and severity of depressive symptoms in a national cohort of long-stay NH residents in the United States.
Policy Snapshot
October 21, 2022
CMS Strengthens Oversight of Nation's Poorest Performing Nursing Homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is increasing scrutiny and oversight over the country’s poorest-performing nursing facilities in an effort to immediately improve the care they deliver.
JAMDA
August 30, 2024
Oral Anticoagulant Use and Post-Fall Mortality in Long-Term Care Home Residents
Long-term care (LTC) residents are susceptible to falling and the risk of subsequent morbidity and mortality may be compounded with concurrent anticoagulation use. Uncertainty exists around the benefit and harm of anticoagulation use for residents with a high risk for falls because of concerns of major ble...
Policy Snapshot
October 18, 2024
House Majority Calls for Urgent Action on Medicare Payment Cut
A bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives, consisting of 233 members, has signed a letter urging leadership to swiftly implement legislative solutions to prevent a 2.8% cut to Medicare payments set for January 1, 2025. The letter emphasizes the need for a payment update reflecting the actual pa...
JAMDA
October 17, 2023
Psychotropic, Anticonvulsant, and Opioid Use in Assisted Living Residents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To examine the associations between COVID-19 pandemic waves (1–4) and prevalent antipsychotic, antidepressant, benzodiazepine, anticonvulsant, and opioid use among assisted living (AL) residents, by setting (dementia care vs other).
JAMDA
December 22, 2021
Advancing Clinical Trials in Nursing Homes: A Proposed Roadmap to Success
An effective clinical research effort in nursing homes to address prevention and treatment of COVID-19 faced overwhelming challenges. Under the Health Care Systems Research Network-Older Americans Independence Centers AGING Initiative, a multidisciplinary Stakeholder Advisory Panel was convened to develop ...
JAMDA
March 16, 2020
Leadership, Staff Empowerment, and the Retention of Nursing Assistants: Findings From a Survey of U.S. Nursing Homes
We examined the relationship between nursing assistant (NA) retention and a measure capturing nursing home leadership and staff empowerment.
JAMDA
August 24, 2023
Nurse Practitioner Employment in Relation to Nursing Staff Turnover and Resident Care Outcomes in US Nursing Homes
A growing number of nurse practitioners (NPs) are employed in nursing homes (NHs) through various NP staffing mechanisms. The purpose of this study was to examine if having NH-employed NPs was associated with nursing staff turnover and resident care outcomes measured as hospital utilization, infection cont...
JAMDA
May 31, 2023