Nursing home (NH) residents receiving texture-modified diet (TMD) are at risk of inadequate nutritional intake and subsequent malnutrition. It is essential to monitor dietary intake to take corrective actions, if necessary. Plate diagrams (PDs) are widely used to assess dietary intake in institutions but l...
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) may not be performed in clinical practice as it takes too much time and requires special training. The Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is widely used to assess nutritional status in older adults. We aimed to determine whether or not the MNA can estimate frailty st...
To validate the ability of the total Kihon checklist (t-KCL) score to predict the incidence of dependency or death within 3 years in a community-dwelling older population.
Many nursing homes are closing due to financial strain, but changing service models from fee-for-service to value-based care could help improve their finances, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's in a recent interview
For primary care practices serving Medicare beneficiaries, embarking on a value-based care (VBC) journey means rethinking traditional approaches to care and reimbursement. Transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based models requires a focus on outcomes, efficiency, and care experience. The following ...
Moving forward, value-based care (VBC) will be the norm in post-acute and long-term care. In a recent PALTtalk podcast, guest Walter Lin, MD, MBA, shared his insights on how implementing patient-centered models can improve outcomes while reducing costs.
We examined state variations in assisted living (AL) regulatory policies for admission/retention, staffing/training, medication management, and dementia care. Factors associated with domain-specific and overall regulatory stringency were identified.