To evaluate the response of skeletal muscle architecture (fascicle length and pennation angle) and composition (echo intensity) markers assessed by ultrasonography to intervention in older adults.
The nursing home (NH) population has become increasingly diverse, yet many facilities remain de facto racially segregated. This study examines whether a high proportion of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) residents is associated with nursing staff levels.
Few supports exist for family/friend care partners when the care recipient is a person living with dementia in a care home. This study assessed the effectiveness of My Tools for Care-In Care (MT4C-In Care), a self-administered, web-based psychoeducational intervention.
To use quantitative and qualitative data to assess nursing home administrators’ perceptions of a program using personal care attendants (PCAs) to ease staffing challenges, and to better understand factors concerning perceptions of success of lack thereof.
To evaluate the impact of interventions aimed at improving data quality in resident documentation in the residential long-term care setting, and to explore the experiences related with the implementation strategies and key determinants influencing data quality.
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are experiencing significant regulatory scrutiny. Recent federal rules established guidelines for increased transparency in reporting of changes in SNF ownership and controversial minimum staffing levels for nurse occupations. This study examined whether SNF changes in own...
Variability in daily nursing staffing levels is an important factor associated with nursing home quality and has led to calls to incorporate it in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s staffing star rating calculation. This study assessed 6 distinct daily staffing level variation measures for their valid...
Although frailty can increase the risk of premature death, whether reversal of frailty reduces the risk of premature death and what factors contribute to the reversal of frailty have not been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to investigate the link between frailty reversal and all-cause mortality ...