Policy Snapshot
February 23, 2026
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JAMDA
January 20, 2020
Nursing Home Clinicians' Decision to Prescribe Antibiotics for a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection: Findings From a Discrete Choice Experiment
To determine which nursing home (NH) resident characteristics were most important to clinicians' decision to prescribe antibiotics for a suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), including both evidence-based and non-evidence-based characteristics.
JAMDA
May 16, 2024
Personalized Tablets for Residents in Long-Term Care to Support Recreation and Mitigate Isolation
There is a digital divide in long-term care homes (LTCHs), with few residents having regular access to internet-connected devices. In this study, we provided long-term care residents with personalized and adapted tablets. We aimed to understand what factors influenced tablet use and the impact of tablet ac...
JAMDA
November 25, 2022
Impact of Implementing the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory on Nursing Home Survey Deficiencies
The purpose of this study is to expand on previous work testing the relationship between person-centered care (PCC) and quality outcomes in the nursing home (NH) setting. We explore if the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory (PELI) implementation is a predictor of NH quality, as defined by deficienci...
JAMDA
August 8, 2023
Validated Tools for Screening Sarcopenia: A Scoping Review
Choosing the optimal sarcopenia screening tool for a specific clinical scenario is challenging. We aimed to summarize all validated sarcopenia screening tools with diagnostic accuracy tested in one or more study populations.
Policy Snapshot
September 20, 2024
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support Physician Payment Reforms
PALTmed is urging its members to contact their members of Congress and ask them to sign the Miller-Meeks/Panetta “Dear Colleague” letter today—the deadline for cosigners is September 27.
JAMDA
July 26, 2025
Risk Factors for Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: An Umbrella Review
Falls are a key public health concern, resulting in disability and increased mortality risk. An extensive body of literature has examined risk factors for falls; however, results vary across different studies and populations. We aimed to synthesize systematic reviews of fall risk factors in community-dwell...
JAMDA
November 18, 2024
Measurement Practice of Slow Gait Speed for Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Individuals with motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome have a high dementia risk. However, a knowledge gap exists in the measurement procedure for slow gait speed, which is a crucial component of MCR diagnosis. The study aimed to systematically review slow gait speed measurement practices in MCR diagnosis ...
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
October 24, 2025