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September 14, 2025
Trends in Staffing at State Veterans Homes: Do They Meet the 2024 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Nursing Home Staffing Standards?
Determine the proportion of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)–certified State Veterans Homes that meet the 2024 CMS Minimum Staffing Standards.
JAMDA
September 21, 2022
Decision Aid Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons With Advanced Dementia in Decision-Making About Feeding Options: A Scoping Review
We provided an overview of the literature on decision aid interventions for family caregivers of older adults with advanced dementia regarding decision making about tube feeding. We synthesized (1) the use of theory during the development, implementation, and evaluation of decision aids; (2) the developmen...
JAMDA
September 26, 2022
Point-of-Care Saliva Osmolarity Testing for the Screening of Hydration in Older Adults With Hypertension
Older adults have an elevated risk of dehydration, a state with proven detrimental cognitive and physical effects. Furthermore, the use of diuretics by hypertensive patients further compounds this risk. This prospective study investigated the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care (POC) salivary osmolarity (...
JAMDA
December 24, 2021
Nursing Home Design and COVID-19: Implications for Guidelines and Regulation
Nursing homes (NHs) are important health care and residential environments for the growing number of frail older adults. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of NHs as they became COVID-19 hotspots. This study examines the associations of NH design with COVID-19 cases, deaths, and transmissi...
JAMDA
May 12, 2025
Effects of Paralyzed, Nonparalyzed, and Whole-Body Phase Angle on Physical Performance in Older Patients with Stroke
This study investigated the association between phase angle (PhA) and physical performance in older patients with stroke, focusing on lower-limb PhA and predicting rehabilitation outcomes.
JAMDA
August 11, 2020
Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Patients Account for a Disproportionately High Number of Adverse Events in the Emergency Department
High rates of adverse events (AEs) are reported for post-acute and long-term care settings (PA/LTC: skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation centers, long-term acute care facilities, and home health). However, emergency department (ED)-based studies in this area are lacking. We describe all-cau...
JAMDA
April 21, 2016
Health Information Technologies: Which Nursing Homes Adopted Them?
Long-term care facilities have lagged heavily behind other health providers in adopting health information technology (IT). This article examines the facility characteristics that are associated with health IT adoption.
JAMDA
December 8, 2019
Epidemiology of Antibiotic Use for Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents
Describe antibiotic use for urinary tract infection (UTI) among a large cohort of US nursing home residents.
JAMDA
November 16, 2017