Assisted living (AL) continues to be an important part of long-term care, but it has changed significantly over the years. These changes impact practitioners caring for older adults. A recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, Palliative Care and Goals of Care in AL, offered tremendous insights on topics including fr...
Dementia is a clinical diagnosis without curative treatment. It is uncertain whether ancillary testing is beneficial for patients. This study investigates the association between use of diagnostic tests and time to poor outcome and health care costs.
Based on life-course theory, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have emerged as risk factors for health in later life. This study aimed to explore the association between ACEs and frailty.
To investigate the proportion, characteristics, causality, severity, preventability, and independently associated factors for adverse drug event (ADE)–related admissions in aged care residents admitted to the major public hospitals in Tasmania, Australia.
Assisted living (AL) is a significant and growing congregate care option for vulnerable older adults designed to reduce the use of nursing homes (NHs). However, work on excess mortality in congregate care during the COVID-19 pandemic has primarily focused on NHs with only a few US studies examining AL. The...
Psychological resilience is a crucial component of mental health and well-being for health care workers. It is positively linked to compassion satisfaction and inversely associated with burnout. The current literature on health care worker resilience has mainly focused on primary care and tertiary hospital...
To systematically examine implementation strategies within long-term care (LTC) settings. The goal was to identify elements that contribute to adoption and sustainability of evidence-based practices by facilities and frontline health care staff.