This study explored the experiences and needs of healthcare professionals providing specialized neurorehabilitation for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) in post-acute and long-term care settings.
To characterize individuals entering long-term care facilities (LTCFs) with evidence of cognitive impairment and without a diagnosis of dementia, and to ascertain the cumulative incidence of dementia after care entry.
We examined how long-term care (LTC) home residents transition between different activities of daily living (ADL) performance levels, and to eventual terminal clinical outcomes.
Commonly prescribed medications individually increase the risk of falls. Less is known about the association between multiple fall risk–increasing drug (FRID) use and falls. We examined the association between 12 major FRID classes, alone and in combination and fall-related injuries among older adults in h...
Assessing the changing care needs of home care clients is challenging due to the increasing multimorbidity and heterogeneity of geriatric syndromes, including frailty, functional decline, and cognitive impairment. We described the correlation between subjective judgment of changes in self-sufficiency and m...
PALTmed supports the bipartisan CONNECT for Health Act (S. 1261), which was recently reintroduced by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS). Companion legislation has also been introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ),...