Memory and cognition problems affect recovery in rehabilitation facilities

(American Geriatrics Society) Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) added new ways to measure patients' abilities to perform their daily routines in nursing facilities and other after-care settings. Studies have not examined how skilled nursing care residents who have cognitive difficulties perform on the new self-care and mobility measurements. Researchers designed a new study to fill that knowledge gap. The study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news