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JAMDA

July 27, 2023

Challenges in Completing a Death Certificate after Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED)

In recent years, health care providers and the general public in the United States have gained a greater awareness of Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) as a last resort option to escape from unbearable suffering, thanks to a growing number of publications, books, and documentaries. However, ...

JAMDA

October 29, 2023

Challenges in Deprescribing among Older Adults in Post-Acute Care Transitions to Home

Medications with a higher risk of harm or that are unlikely to be beneficial are used by nearly all older patients in home health care (HHC). The objective of this study was to understand stakeholders’ perspectives on challenges in deprescribing these medications for post-acute HHC patients.

JAMDA

July 28, 2020

Challenges in Tracking and Reporting Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care

The contemporary long-term care provider and interdisciplinary team are well aware of the recent focus on antibiotic use in their settings. Regulatory changes implemented by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beginning in 2016 have required long-term care settings to look at antibiotic use in a mor...

JAMDA

February 23, 2017

Challenges of Differential Diagnosis

Caring for the Ages

May 6, 2020

Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations in the Health and Well-being of the World’s Aging Citizens

JAMDA

April 10, 2025

Challenging Yet Rewarding: Staff Experiences in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness Rehabilitation

This study explored the experiences and needs of healthcare professionals providing specialized neurorehabilitation for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) in post-acute and long-term care settings.

Caring for the Ages

May 29, 2025

Change Comes Fast in New Administration

Policy Snapshot

March 15, 2024

Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) Accelerated and Advance Payments for Part A Providers and Part B Suppliers FAQs

On March 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the Change Healthcare/Optum payment disruption accelerated and advance payments. These detail what services qualify for accelerated and advance payments, application criteria, repaymen...

JAMDA

August 4, 2022

Change in Advance Care Plans of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Pneumonia: Secondary Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial Data

To explore changes in advance care plans of nursing home residents with dementia following pneumonia, and factors associated with changes. Second, to explore factors associated with the person perceived by elderly care physicians as most influential in advance treatment decision making.

JAMDA

February 3, 2024

Change in Provider Specialty Was Associated With Less Fluoroquinolone Use at a Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Setting

In July 2021, as part of a planned multiyear broad and long-term organizational realignment, the general medicine service assumed continuous care of residents at a Community Living Center (CLC), which are nursing homes within the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. We hypothesized that practitioners ...