JAMDA
November 20, 2014
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JAMDA
March 13, 2025
Assessing a Statewide Nursing Home Staffing Program through Quantitative and Qualitative Survey Data
To use quantitative and qualitative data to assess nursing home administrators’ perceptions of a program using personal care attendants (PCAs) to ease staffing challenges, and to better understand factors concerning perceptions of success of lack thereof.
JAMDA
January 20, 2022
Interprofessional Collaboration in Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review
To examine facilitators of and barriers to interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in institutional long-term care (LTC) and geriatric rehabilitation (GR), and to provide an overview of instruments used to assess IPC in LTC and GR.
JAMDA
September 17, 2021
Physical Resilience in Daily Functioning Among Acutely Ill Hospitalized Older Adults: The Hospital-ADL Study
Insight into older adults’ physical resilience is needed to predict functional recovery after hospitalization. We assessed functional trajectories in response to acute illness and subsequent hospitalization and investigated baseline variables and dynamic variables associated with these trajectories. ...
JAMDA
August 11, 2018
One Week of Hospitalization Following Elective Hip Surgery Induces Substantial Muscle Atrophy in Older Patients
Short successive periods of skeletal muscle disuse have been suggested to substantially contribute to the observed loss of skeletal muscle mass over the life span. Hospitalization of older individuals due to acute illness, injury, or major surgery generally results in a mean hospital stay of 5 to 7 days, d...
JAMDA
December 14, 2021
As-Needed Prescribing and Administration of Psychotropic Medications in Assisted Living: A 7-State Study
Psychotropic medications administered on an as-needed basis, often designated as pro re nata (or PRN, hereafter as-needed), can alleviate acute symptoms and facilitate deprescribing, although as-needed use is associated with negative outcomes such as polypharmacy and drug interactions. The aim of this stud...
JAMDA
May 12, 2025
Protective Effects of Social Activity on the Disability Incidence among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Chronic Pain
Identifying the factors that contribute to the incidence of disability in older adults and the activities that can be engaged in to reduce the risk of disability is critical to the health of older adults. This study aimed to assess the impact of social activities on the incidence of disability during follo...
JAMDA
November 23, 2021
Facility Characteristics Associated With Intensity of Care of Nursing Homes and Hospital Referral Regions
Intensity of care, such as hospital transfers and tube feeding of residents with advanced dementia varies by nursing home (NH) within and across regions. Little work has been done to understand how these 2 levels of influence relate. This study's objectives are to identify facility factors associated ...
JAMDA
June 21, 2022
Detecting Acute Deterioration in Older Adults Living in Residential Aged Care: A Scoping Review
To explore models, processes, or tools implemented in residential aged care (RAC) to support registered nurses (RNs) to identify and respond to the acute deterioration of residents.
JAMDA
October 19, 2024