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JAMDA

July 27, 2023

Promoting Resident Autonomy to Maintain Quality of Life

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 ...
Policy Snapshot

July 21, 2023

Moving Forward Coalition Releases Nine Action Plans for Nursing Homes

Last week, the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition released its nine action plans for nursing homes. Each action plan describes a particular challenge facing nursing homes today, explains why it is important to residents’ quality of life, defines focused goals to address those challenges, and pro...
JAMDA

July 21, 2023

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Older Inpatients with Suspected Infection

To determine the rate and predictors of death in older individuals with suspected infection at any time during hospital stay in a geriatric acute ward and the prognostic ability of different tools [quick Sequential (Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA), Modified and National Early Warning Score...