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LeadingAge's healthcare team tracks regulations and legislation relating to nursing homes.

Medications: AGS Releases 2012 Beers Criteria

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) released the updated version of the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly. 

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Antipsychotic Drugs: CMS to Launch New Initiative on March 29

On March 29, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch a new initiative aimed at improving behavioral health and safeguarding nursing home residents from unnecessary antipsychotic drug use. More

Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign Helps You Set Goals and Achieve Them

LeadingAge is a founding member of the Advancing Excellence in Nursing Homes Campaign. Data shows that homes that join the campaign and set goals are improving faster than those that don't. Also, the campaign offers numerous tools and trainings free of charge. More