8+ hour, 48+ min ago  (240+ words) Federal regulators are reportedly reexamining a policy discouraging use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes unless patients have one of three specific conditions. Citing an email from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Washington Post reported Friday that the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (271+ words) Late-onset depression may be an early sign of Parkinson's disease (PD) or Lewy Body dementia (LBD), according to a December study published in General Psychiatry." 1, 2006, to March 1, 2019 These participants were then matched to 19,556, 40,842 and 47,809 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), chronic…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (354+ words) A growing number of older adults are receiving antipsychotic medications from long-term care pharmacies, reflecting potential reliance on medication rather than behavioral interventions in "dangerously short-staffed" assisted living communities and nursing homes, according to the authors of a research letter…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (253+ words) Cognitive frailty associated with increased risk of transition to institutional care, study reports'McKnight's Long-Term Care News "The findings suggest that policies and interventions are needed to improve or maintain the physical and cognitive functions of older adults, thereby delaying premature…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (584+ words) People with multimorbidity, defined as two or more long'term conditions occurring within the same patient at the same time, experienced an increased risk of dementia compared to those without, according to a December study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (799+ words) Nearly two years after federal audits of schizophrenia diagnoses began, most skilled nursing targets are still being accused of labeling patients with a major mental illness without proper documentation. But audit failures and their implications for public quality metrics are…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (446+ words) Hospitals with preferred provider networks often push patients with severe mental illness to non-affiliated nursing homes, but regulatory and payment incentives may be changing that trend. A new study shows that hospital patients with behavioral health needs and one of…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (328+ words) A large-scale clinical trial involving more than 2,300 adults with severe chronic pain found that remote cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) programs delivered modest and lasting pain relief compared to the patients" usual medical care plus educational materials. A large-scale clinical trial…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (263+ words) Prescribing antipsychotics for older people with dementia can be a balancing act for clinicians who aim to provide quality care while mitigating the health risks of these drugs. A new study underscores that challenge, finding that almost 9 in 10 older antipsychotic…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (496+ words) A new UCLA study found that older adults with insomnia experience a threefold greater increase in depressive symptoms when exposed to inflammation, compared to healthy sleepers. The research, published in JAMA Psychiatry, explored the connection between insomnia, inflammation and mental…...