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August 9, 2023
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September 20, 2014
Activities of Daily Living in Nursing Home and Home Care Settings: A Retrospective 1-Year Cohort Study
Korea introduced universal long-term care insurance (LTCI) for physically dependent older adults in 2008. Older adults, their family members, and policy makers in Korea want to know patient outcomes in different care modalities because older adults who have a similar functional status and LTC needs can cho...
JAMDA
February 13, 2020
Nursing Home-Associated Pneumonia, Part II: Etiology and Treatment
This is the second of 2 parts of a narrative review of nursing home-associated pneumonia (NHAP) that deals with etiology and treatment in the nursing home. In the 1980s and 1990s, the etiology of NHAP was considered to be similar to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). This belief was reflected in CAP guide...
JAMDA
August 23, 2013
Health Care and Personal Care Needs Among Residents in Nursing Homes, Group Homes, and Congregate Housing in Japan: Why Does Transition Occur, and Where Can the Frail Elderly Establish a Permanent Residence?
Japan has had high rates of transition to nursing homes from other long term care facilities. It has been hypothesized that care transitions occur because a resident's condition deteriorates. The aim of the present study was to compare the health care and personal care needs of residents in nursing ho...
JAMDA
June 6, 2019
Nursing Home–Associated Pneumonia, Part I: Diagnosis
Pneumonia is 1 of the 3 most common infections identified in nursing home residents and is associated with the highest mortality of any infection in this setting. In regard to pneumonia in the nursing home setting, practitioners are focused primarily on identifying residents with this infection and choosin...
JAMDA
March 11, 2016
Development of an Applied Framework for Understanding Health Information Technology in Nursing Homes
There is growing evidence that Health Information Technology (HIT) can play a role in improving quality of care and increasing efficiency in the nursing home setting. Most research in this area, however, has examined whether nursing homes have or use any of a list of available technologies. We sought to de...
JAMDA
May 12, 2016
Animal-Assisted Interventions in Dutch Nursing Homes: A Survey
Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) have become more and more popular in nursing homes in the past decade. Various initiatives for using animals in nursing homes have been developed over the years (eg, animal visiting programs, residential companion animals, petting zoos) and, on the whole, the number of n...
JAMDA
August 23, 2017
Use of an Exercise Technology in Post-Acute Care of a Skilled Nursing Facility: A Feasibility Study
Use of exercise technologies has benefits for community-dwelling older adults in terms of improved gait and balance. But research on the feasibility of use of exercise technologies in various geriatric health care settings is lacking. Hence, the current study examined the feasibility of implementing an exe...
JAMDA
October 27, 2022
Patterns of Antipsychotic Dispensation to Long-Term Care Residents
To describe dispensing patterns of antipsychotic medications to long-term care (LTC) residents and assess factors associated with continuation of an antipsychotic after a fall-related hospitalization.
JAMDA
October 21, 2020