JAMDA
February 6, 2019
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JAMDA
October 19, 2021
Identifying Unexpected Deaths in Long-Term Care Homes
Predicting unexpected deaths among long-term care (LTC) residents can provide valuable information to clinicians and policy makers. We study multiple methods to predict unexpected death, adjusting for individual and home-level factors, and to use as a step to compare mortality differences at the facility l...
JAMDA
October 29, 2023
Challenges in Deprescribing among Older Adults in Post-Acute Care Transitions to Home
Medications with a higher risk of harm or that are unlikely to be beneficial are used by nearly all older patients in home health care (HHC). The objective of this study was to understand stakeholders’ perspectives on challenges in deprescribing these medications for post-acute HHC patients.
JAMDA
June 3, 2024
Home Health Quality among Hospitalized Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia: Association with Race/Ethnicity and Dual Eligibility before and during the COVID Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, home health agencies (HHAs) discharges following acute hospitalizations increased. This study examined whether racial and ethnic minoritized and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients (ie, Medicare-Medicaid dual-eligible) were differentially discharged to below-average quali...
JAMDA
June 20, 2024
Remote Vital Sign Monitoring in Admission Avoidance Hospital at Home: A Systematic Review
To examine randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of “hospital at home” (HAH) for admission avoidance in adults presenting with acute physical illness to identify the use of vital sign monitoring approaches and evidence for their effectiveness.
JAMDA
October 26, 2020
Receipt of Timely Primary Care Services Following Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility Care
Our study examined the proportion of skilled nursing facility (SNF) post-acute care residents who did not receive timely primary care provider (PCP) services following discharge, factors associated with lack of timely PCP services, and factors associated with perfect 30-day home time among those who did no...
JAMDA
October 15, 2017
Facility-Level Factors and Outcomes After Skilled Nursing Facility Admission for Trauma and Surgical Patients
Patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have worse outcomes than those discharged to home, but whether this is due to differences in facility-level factors in addition to patient characteristics is not known. We aimed to determine whether SNF-level factors including nurse staffing and pati...
JAMDA
February 26, 2019
Body Mass Index and 30-Day Adverse Outcomes Among Newly Admitted Residents to Skilled Nursing Facilities
To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and outcomes, including discharge to home, hospitalization, death, or continued residence in the skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), among residents newly admitted to SNFs.
JAMDA
January 7, 2019
Rehabilitation Providers' Prediction of the Likely Success of the SNF-to-Home Transition Differs by Discipline
Our article's primary objective is to examine whether rehabilitation providers can predict which patients discharged from skilled nursing facility (SNF) rehabilitation will be successful in their transition to home, controlling for sociodemographic factors and physical, mental, and social health chara...
JAMDA
October 17, 2023