JAMDA
June 26, 2019
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JAMDA
April 2, 2025
End-of-Life Acute Care Use and Pain-Related Outcomes in Chinese-speaking Residents in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes
Patients from ethnically minoritized communities often face disparities in health care due to language and cultural barriers. This study aimed to compare health care use and end-of-life outcomes between Chinese-speaking residents living in language-concordant and language-discordant long-term care (LTC) ho...
Policy Snapshot
April 14, 2025
MedPAC Highlights Concerns About Nursing Home Quality Ratings
At its April 11, 2025, public meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) focused on the persistent challenges in nursing home quality oversight and the limitations of current Medicare policies aimed at improvement. MedPAC staff highlighted widespread concerns with the current Five-Star Qual...
JAMDA
February 21, 2014
A Comparative Analysis of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments for Nursing Home Residents Receiving Palliative Care: A Systematic Review
Nursing homes become important locations for palliative care. By means of comprehensive geriatric assessments (CGAs), an evaluation can be made of the different palliative care needs of nursing home residents. This review aims to identify all CGAs that can be used to assess palliative care needs in long-te...
JAMDA
July 16, 2021
Growth of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners Practicing Full Time in Nursing Homes
The objective was to describe the growth of physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) who practice full time in nursing homes, to assess resident and nursing home characteristics associated with receiving care from full-time providers, and describe variation among nursing homes ...
JAMDA
July 18, 2020
Utilization by Long-Term Nursing Home Residents Under Accountable Care Organizations
Nursing home care is common and costly. Accountable care organization (ACO) payment models, which have incentives for care that is better coordinated and less reliant on acute settings, have the potential to improve care for this high-cost population. We examined the association between ACO attribution sta...
JAMDA
December 14, 2021
Characteristics of Working-Age Adults With Schizophrenia Newly Admitted to Nursing Homes
Persons aged <65 years account for a considerable proportion of US nursing home residents with schizophrenia. Because they are often excluded from psychiatric and long-term care studies, a contemporary understanding of the characteristics and management of working-age adults (22-64 years old) with schiz...
JAMDA
February 1, 2024
Longitudinal Evaluation of a Statewide Quality Improvement Program for Nursing Homes
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Nursing Home Quality report recommends that states “develop and operate state-based…technical assistance programs…to help nursing homes…improve care and…operations.” The Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) is one such progra...
JAMDA
May 30, 2023
Rising to the Occasion: A National Nursing Home Study Documenting Attempts to Address Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19–related policies introduced extraordinary social disruption in nursing homes. In response, nursing facilities implemented strategies to alleviate their residents’ loneliness. This study sought to describe interventions nursing homes used, document the perceived effectiveness of efforts, and determ...
JAMDA
October 9, 2020