JAMDA
May 13, 2015
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Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2026
Nursing Home Parenteral Therapies: Clinical Guidance and Payment Considerations
The most fundamental principle in geriatric and long-term care medicine: ensure every treatment order aligns with the resident’s values and goals of care—eliciting these is a core skill for long-term care physicians. Many residents have multimorbidity, and a substantial proportion are at the end of life. E...
Resolutions
H98 - Prescription Drug Use In Nursing Facilities
JAMDA
April 20, 2017
Additional Cost Because of Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents: Results From the Incidence of Pneumonia and Related Consequences in Nursing Home Resident Study
Pneumonia is a frequent condition in older people. Our aim was to examine the total healthcare cost related to pneumonia in nursing home (NH) residents over a 1-year follow-up period.
JAMDA
September 26, 2024
Reduction of Rehospitalization with Addition of Geriatrics/Transitions of Care Consult Service
Older adults are at high risk of rehospitalization after an acute event and at even higher risk of permanently losing an activity of daily living with each hospitalization. This is especially true in those with encephalopathy, delirium, dementia, falls, and failure to thrive. Although it is widely known th...
Policy Snapshot
June 30, 2023
CMS Increases Nursing Home Ownership Transparency
Last week, the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS) announced increased transparency of additional nursing home ownership data, including names of affiliated owners for the first time on Nursing Home Care Compare
Policy Snapshot
January 13, 2023
Nursing Home Disclosure Act Reintroduced in 118th Congress
Last week, as their first legislative introduction for the new Congress, Reps. Mike Levin (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced the Nursing Home Disclosure Act (H. R. 177), bipartisan legislation to improve public disclosure of nursing home medical directors.
Caring for the Ages
June 2, 2026
Strengthening Nursing Home Leadership and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Readiness: Lessons from the Moving Forward Michigan Model
This article summarizes key program elements and lessons from the Moving Forward Michigan initiative, a project generously supported by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund designed to strengthen leadership capacity and improve Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) in nursing homes. Moving For...
JAMDA
July 10, 2020
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and Post-Acute Care: Implications for Service Delivery and 30-Day Hospital Readmission
Examine whether the introduction of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) is associated with changes in post-acute care (PAC) use and 30-day readmission.
JAMDA
July 18, 2020
Trends in Antipsychotic and Mood Stabilizer Prescribing in Long-Term Care in the U.S.: 2011–2014
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes focuses on but is not limited to long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia; the potential impact on residents with other diagnoses is unclear. We sought to determine whether resident subpopulat...
