Advance care planning (ACP) within nursing homes (NHs) is an integral component of resident-centered care yet remains an ongoing area for improvement. This study explored health care providers’ experiences when facilitating ACP discussions with residents and their families.
Healthy aging is an important means of promoting the well-being of older individuals. However, no studies have examined the relationship between eHealth literacy and healthy aging or its mechanism. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the relationship between eHealth literacy and healthy aging and the me...
To better demonstrate the relationship between common eye diseases and the risk of dementia, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies to investigate the relationship between common eye diseases and dementia.
In recent years, health care providers and the general public in the United States have gained a greater awareness of Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) as a last resort option to escape from unbearable suffering, thanks to a growing number of publications, books, and documentaries. However, ...
AMDA’s Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) initiative put practitioners behind the wheel on medication optimization. During a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, guest host Jennifer Pruskowski, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCGP, CPE, sat down with Michael Steinman, MD, co-director of the U.S. Deprescribing Research Network, to tal...
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between changes in depressive symptoms and sarcopenia by repeated measures of depressive symptoms at a follow-up visit every 2 years.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian governments and healthcare organizations implemented restrictions on continuing care residents. From an ethical lens, governments and healthcare organizations were focused on preventing harm through promoting beneficence and non-maleficence; however, this was ...