The Choosing Wisely campaign was started by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation in 2016 to spark conversations about commonly used tests and treatments that lack strong supporting evidence. PALTmed, along with other specialty societies, has participated in the campaign since its ince...
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...