JAMDA
September 21, 2017
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JAMDA
September 21, 2020
Describing Differences Among Recent Immigrants and Long-Standing Residents Waiting for Long-Term Care: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
Immigrants often face many unique cultural and logistical challenges in their health care that differ from nonimmigrants. We sought to describe and compare characteristics and the time to placement between recent immigrants and long-standing residents waiting for long-term care (LTC).
JAMDA
May 1, 2025
Effects of Dyadic Psychosocial Education on People Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Informal Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Cognitive impairment places a substantial burden on both patients and caregivers. Dyadic psychosocial education may be a potential solution, but its effects have not been systematically evaluated. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of dyadic psychosocial education on outcomes and dyadic relationships...
Policy Snapshot
October 7, 2024
CMS to Provide Hurricane Helene Public Health Emergency Accelerated Payments to Medicare Fee-for-Service Providers and Suppliers
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS,) is taking action to support providers and suppliers impacted by Hurricane Helene within the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster zones under the president’s major disaster declarations...
Policy Snapshot
February 9, 2026
Maryland Introduces State Bill Requiring CMD for Medical Directors
Last week, House Bill (HB) 931 was introduced in the Maryland General Assembly. It proposes new statewide standards for medical directors in nursing homes, aiming to strengthen clinical oversight and accountability in long-term care facilities.
Policy Snapshot
July 3, 2024
CMS Announces Updates to Information Being Posted to Nursing Home Compare
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a memo describing recent updates to nursing home data and Care Compare (QSO-24-14-NH).
JAMDA
December 26, 2024
Building a Time-Series Model to Predict Hospitalization Risks in Home Health Care: Insights Into Development, Accuracy, and Fairness
Home health care (HHC) serves more than 5 million older adults annually in the United States, aiming to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits. Despite efforts, up to 25% of patients in HHC experience these adverse events. The underutilization of clinical notes, aggregate...
Spotlight
May 26, 2025
For Pattee Award Recipient, Teaching is a Way to Give Back
Named after the father of the PALTmed Certification Program and the Core Curriculum program, the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education given by the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine recognizes significant contributions to enhancing PALTmed’s educational structure and framework,...
JAMDA
April 29, 2017
Nursing Home Physicians’ Assessments of Barriers and Strategies for End-of-Life Care in Norway and The Netherlands
Working conditions in nursing homes (NHs) may hamper teamwork in providing quality end-of-life (EOL) care, especially the participation of NH physicians. Dutch NH physicians are specialists or trainees in elderly care medicine with NHs as the main workplace, whereas in Norway, family physicians usually wor...
Policy Snapshot
January 26, 2026