JAMDA
September 9, 2023
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JAMDA
September 9, 2023
Perceived Work Environment, Educational Status, Staffing Levels, and Work Outcomes in Long-Term Care Settings During COVID-19
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has severely affected older residents in long-term care (LTC) settings. However, care workers' perceptions of their work environment and potential impact on their work outcomes during the pandemic is not well known. This study examined associations between care staff...
JAMDA
September 9, 2023
Natural Course of Aortic Stenosis in Older Subjects: Effects of COVID-19
Both aortic stenosis (AS) and COVID-19 affect the morbidity and mortality burden among older adults. The aim of the study was to examine whether aortic stenosis (AS) affects the prognosis after SARS-CoV-2 infection and whether COVID-19 affects AS prognosis, in a cohort of older adults hospitalized with and...
JAMDA
August 14, 2023
Lessons Learned from the Connecticut Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes during the First 2 Years of the Pandemic
Nearly half of all SARS-CoV-2–related deaths in the United States occurred in long-term care facilities during the early pandemic. In Connecticut, statewide mitigation of this impact involved a collaboration between the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Yale School of Public Health, alongside...
JAMDA
June 27, 2023
Perceptions of Palliative and End-Of-Life Care Capacity Among Frontline Staff and Administrators in Long-Term Care Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the morbidity and mortality of residents in long-term care (LTC) homes. However, not much is known about its impact on staff's perception of their capacity to provide palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care for LTC residents over the course of the pandemic. We ...
JAMDA
June 8, 2023
The Benefits of Nursing Home Air Purification on COVID-19 Outcomes: A Natural Experiment
Improving indoor air quality is one potential strategy to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in any setting, including nursing homes, where staff and residents have been disproportionately and negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Podcast
June 5, 2023
Caring On-The-Go | June & July 2023
JAMDA
May 30, 2023
Rising to the Occasion: A National Nursing Home Study Documenting Attempts to Address Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19–related policies introduced extraordinary social disruption in nursing homes. In response, nursing facilities implemented strategies to alleviate their residents’ loneliness. This study sought to describe interventions nursing homes used, document the perceived effectiveness of efforts, and determ...
JAMDA
May 30, 2023
“It's Not a Sprint, It's a Marathon”: Stages of Managing a Nursing Home Throughout the Pandemic
To qualitatively examine the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes over the course of the pandemic from the perspective of nursing home administrators.
Spotlight
May 25, 2023
