JAMDA
September 29, 2020
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JAMDA
July 6, 2020
Characterizing Emergency Department Use in Assisted Living
Little is known about emergency department (ED) utilization among the nearly 1 million older adults residing in assisted living (AL) settings. Unlike federally regulated nursing homes, states create and enforce AL regulations with great variability, which may affect the quality of care provided. The object...
JAMDA
June 20, 2020
The Nuts and Bolts of Utilizing Telemedicine in Nursing Homes – The GeriCare@North Experience
We examined the demographics and the clinical profile of teleconsultations conducted between an acute geriatric medicine department and 8 nursing homes over a period of 6.5 years.
JAMDA
June 11, 2020
Home-Based Primary Care Led-Outbreak Mitigation in Assisted Living Facilities in the First 100 Days of Coronavirus Disease 2019
Residents of congregate care settings have been severely impacted by the current Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this report, we describe the methods our home-based primary care practice has developed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in assisted living facilities (ALFs) and we present an...
JAMDA
March 6, 2020
Assisted Living Communities During Hurricane Irma: The Decision to Evacuate or Shelter in Place and Resident Acuity
To investigate the factors associated with whether assisted living communities (ALCs) in Florida evacuated or sheltered in place for Hurricane Irma in 2017, focusing on license type as a proxy for acuity of care.
JAMDA
February 27, 2020
Changes in Long-Term Care Markets: Assisted Living Supply and the Prevalence of Low-Care Residents in Nursing Homes
To assess the effect of changes in assisted living (AL) capacity within a market on prevalence of residents with low care needs in nursing homes.
JAMDA
November 26, 2019
Optimizing Quality of Life With Cognitive Impairment: A Study of End-of-Life Care in Assisted Living
Assisted living (AL) is an expanding site of end-of-life (EOL) care in the United States. Understanding determinants of quality of life (QoL) for AL residents near EOL is vital to optimize care for this growing population, most of whom have some degree of cognitive impairment (CI). This analysis aimed to i...
JAMDA
November 6, 2019
State Variability in Assisted Living Residents’ End-of-Life Care Trajectories
A growing and increasingly vulnerable population resides in assisted living. States are responsible for regulating assisted living and vary in their requirements. Little is known about how this variability translates to differences in the dying experiences of assisted living residents. The objective of thi...
Podcast
August 19, 2019
AMDA On-The-Go | Challenges in Assisted Living Facilities
JAMDA
July 14, 2019
High-Intensity Telemedicine Reduces Emergency Department Use by Older Adults With Dementia in Senior Living Communities
Individuals with dementia have high rates of emergency department (ED) use for acute illnesses. We evaluated the effect of a high-intensity telemedicine program that delivers care for acute illnesses on ED use rates for individuals with dementia who reside in senior living communities (SLCs; independent an...
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