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July 7, 2020
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July 6, 2020
Lack of Effect of a Multicomponent Palliative Care Program for Nursing Home Residents on Hospital Use in the Last Month of Life and on Place of Death: A Secondary Analysis of a Multicountry Cluster Randomized Control Trial
PACE Steps to Success is a 1-year train-the-trainer program aiming to integrate nonspecialist palliative care into nursing homes via staff education and organizational support. In this study, we aimed to explore whether this program resulted in changes in residents' hospital use and place of death. ...
JAMDA
July 6, 2020
Long-Term Care Facility Ownership and Acute Hospital Service Use in British Columbia, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Previous studies report higher hospitalization rates in for-profit compared with nonprofit long-term care facilities (LTCFs), but have not included staffing data, a major potential confounder. Our objective was to examine the effect of ownership on hospital admission rates, after adjusting for facility sta...
JAMDA
July 6, 2020
Multiparticipant Rehabilitation in Skilled Nursing Facilities: An Observational Comparison Study
Post-acute care reform creates an impetus for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to reevaluate care delivery to promote value. One method to contain costs is to deliver rehabilitation with multiple individuals and 1 therapist. Our preliminary investigation proposed to identify clinical prescribing patterns ...
JAMDA
July 6, 2020
Do Exercises Prevent Falls Among Older Adults: Where Are We Now? A Systematic Review
To determine whether single interventions (SI), multifactorial interventions (MI), or multiple component interventions (MCI) including vitamin D supplementation prevent the incidence of falls and fall risk factors among older adults who are community-dwelling or living in long-term care facilities.
JAMDA
July 6, 2020
Characterizing Emergency Department Use in Assisted Living
Little is known about emergency department (ED) utilization among the nearly 1 million older adults residing in assisted living (AL) settings. Unlike federally regulated nursing homes, states create and enforce AL regulations with great variability, which may affect the quality of care provided. The object...
JAMDA
July 6, 2020
Predictors of Residential Care Admission in Community-Dwelling Older People With Dementia
The objectives of this study were to identify variables associated with dementia and entry into aged residential care (ARC) and derive and validate a risk prediction model for dementia and entry into ARC.
JAMDA
July 5, 2020
Associations Between Nutrient Intake and Corresponding Nutritional Biomarker Levels in Blood in a Memory Clinic Cohort: The NUDAD Project
JAMDA
July 5, 2020
Biomarkers Profile of People With Sarcopenia: A Cross-sectional Analysis From UK Biobank
This study aimed to characterize the biomarker profile of sarcopenic vs nonsarcopenic men and women, using the current European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) definition in the UK Biobank study.
JAMDA
July 5, 2020