A new report offers recommendations to improve scientific priorities for research on persons with dementia.

Trauma may come in many forms and through many experiences. Experts say that more than a third of the general population in the United States alone experience trauma at some point in their lifetimes.

A center implements pharmacogenomics testing, with positive results.

The average American’s chance of using a SNF over the course of their lifetime is higher than previous studies suggested.

An international group of experts from 13 nations has published a new set of clinical practice guideline recommendations for the management of frailty.

A new CMS proposal includes bundled payment models for cardiac care and an extension of the existing bundle for hip joint replacements to include hip and femur fractures.

Occupancy rates in long term care facilities are dropping, and managed care rates are falling, even as the number of managed care residents is growing in skilled nursing care centers. Federal reimbursement programs are moving away from fee-for-service to value-based payments. Regulations, codified to improve safety or other aspects of quality, are typically expensive for long term care providers to implement, and come at a time when providers are continuing to be forced to cut costs.

It’s an exciting time to be involved in research because there is now the opportunity to combine traditional clinical effectiveness research with patient-centered outcomes research.

As the U.S. population ages, health providers and administrators in assisted living, skilled nursing, and post-acute care centers will need actionable strategies in place to manage the pain, stiffness, and limitations of activity caused by arthritis.

Fortunately, today a movement begun in 2012 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and health care groups representing the long term/post-acute care profession has made significant progress in reducing the use of antipsychotics as a first-line treatment for managing residents diagnosed with dementia. But there is still a long way to go.