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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...
Caring for the Ages

June 2, 2026

Resident-to-Staff Abuse: Don’t Do Me Like That

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released one of their biggest hits, “Don’t Do Me Like That,” they probably had no idea it could aptly describe an unfortunate trend in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). An alarming 35% of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) reported being physically assaulted by reside...
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...