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AARP scorecard captures nursing home faults, innovations state-by-state
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2023
Long-term care, including access to quality skilled nursing, is “painfully inadequate” with major gaps in every state, finds an updated scorecard issued Thursday by AARP.
Not just a nursing home problem: Antipsychotic use increasing in elderly, community-dwelling dementia...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 24, 2018
While regulatory focus has pushed the use of antipsychotics lower in skilled nursing facilities recently, off-label use is rising among dementia patients living in assisted living and other community settings.