Nursing homes will soon be subject to new, more stringent surveyor guidance about psychotropic medications for residents, effective February 24, 2025....
CMS announced major changes in long-term care surveyor guidance that will take effect on February 24, 2025. Under the new provisions, use of psychotro...
“Approaching dementia care with a neurology-first mindset can bring positive results to residents in long term care,” said Provider in an introduction...
It’s well documented that use of antipsychotics in dementia care can lead to an array of adverse medical outcomes. Recent research suggests that antip...
Long-term care clinicians are continuously challenged to find ways to keep residents happy, healthy, and at home. In this era of managed cared models...
Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) are catching on in long-term care. A Special Needs Plan (SNP) in the Medicare Advantage program addresses t...
Only just identified in 2019, LATE is now the focus of intensive dementia research—and surprises are emerging. Based on continuing discoveries, here a...
In longterm care facilities, CMS compliance depends on ensuring diagnostic accuracy and avoiding unnecessary use of antipsychotics and other psychotro...
Frailty and dementia are “closely linked,” explain Song and colleagues in a recent article published in JAMDA. In their study of 29,000+ nursing home...
World Alzheimer’s Month this September kicks off a campaign to raise awareness and eliminate the stigma surrounding dementia, says Alzheimer’s Disease...
Problems with swallowing, eating, speaking, and walking, along with cognitive changes and psychiatric disorders, often lead to admission to a skilled...
Even though 95% of individuals diagnosed with dementia have no formal history of serious mental illness, nearly all patients will exhibit psychiatric...
