JAMDA
December 17, 2021
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JAMDA
December 15, 2021
COVID-19, Vulnerability, and Long-Term Mortality in Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Older Persons
Studies suggesting that vulnerability increased short-term mortality in older patients with COVID-19 enrolled hospitalized patients and lacked COVID-negative comparators. Aim of this study was to examine the relationship between frailty and 1-year mortality in older patients with and without COVID-19, hosp...
JAMDA
December 7, 2021
Health System Success in Delivering Bamlanivimab Within Post-acute and Long-Term Care Facilities
Post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) residents are disproportionately affected by coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). We describe a health system approach that incorporated PALTC stakeholders to treat residents effectively and efficiently with monoclonal antibodies during the pandemic.
JAMDA
November 19, 2021
A Robotic Device to Enhance Nursing Home Provider Telepresence During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant challenges to face-to-face communication with people residing in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings. Telemedicine is an alternative, but facility staff may be overburdened with the management of the equipment. Here we introduce the use of a mobile HIP...
JAMDA
November 12, 2021
Spillover Effects of COVID-19 on Essential Chronic Care and Ways to Foster Health System Resilience to Support Vulnerable Non-COVID Patients: A Multistakeholder Study
Little empirical research exists on how key stakeholders involved in the provision of care for chronic conditions and policy planning perceive the indirect or “spillover” effects of the COVID-19 on non-COVID patients. This study aims to explore stakeholder experiences and perspectives of the impact of COVI...
JAMDA
October 6, 2021
Staffing and Protective Equipment Access Mitigated COVID-19 Penetration and Spread in US Nursing Homes During the Third Surge
During the last quarter of 2020—despite improved distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) and knowledge of COVID-19 management—nursing homes experienced the greatest increases in cases and deaths since the pandemic's beginning. We sought to update COVID-19 estimates of cases, hospitalizatio...
JAMDA
October 3, 2021
COVID-19 and Proximal Femur Fracture in Older Adults—A Lethal Combination? An Analysis of the Registry for Geriatric Trauma (ATR-DGU)
COVID-19 can be a life-threatening illness, especially for older patients. The COVID-19 outbreak created a dramatic organizational challenge in treating infected patients requiring surgical treatment, like those suffering a proximal femur fracture, in a pandemic setting. We investigate the impact of a COVI...
JAMDA
September 29, 2021
Absence of COVID-19 Disease Among Chronically Ventilated Nursing Home Patients
To describe the experience of COVID-19 disease among chronically ventilated and nonventilated nursing home patients living in 3 separate nursing homes.
JAMDA
September 12, 2021
Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults Pre– and Post–COVID-19 Pandemic
It is a concern that public health measures to prevent older people contracting COVID-19 could lead to a rise in mental health problems such as depression.
JAMDA
September 6, 2021
