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December 14, 2021
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JAMDA
August 28, 2025
Psychotropic Polypharmacy Among Belgian Nursing Home Residents With Mild to Moderate Dementia
Dementia is the most common reason for nursing home admission and is increasingly prevalent. Behavioral and psychiatric symptoms are common in dementia and are commonly treated with psychotropic medications. However, nursing home residents are especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of potentially ina...
JAMDA
February 1, 2024
Longitudinal Evaluation of a Statewide Quality Improvement Program for Nursing Homes
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Nursing Home Quality report recommends that states “develop and operate state-based…technical assistance programs…to help nursing homes…improve care and…operations.” The Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) is one such progra...
JAMDA
July 16, 2021
Growth of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners Practicing Full Time in Nursing Homes
The objective was to describe the growth of physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) who practice full time in nursing homes, to assess resident and nursing home characteristics associated with receiving care from full-time providers, and describe variation among nursing homes ...
JAMDA
August 29, 2021
Impact of STAR-VA on Staff Injury and Disruptive Behavior Reports in VA Nursing Homes
Workplace disruptive behavior incidents can be costly for organizations, employees, and customers. Persons with dementia living in long-term care settings have a high risk of exhibiting distressed behaviors. We examined whether a resident-centered, behavioral intervention for residents with dementia led to...
JAMDA
May 30, 2023
Rising to the Occasion: A National Nursing Home Study Documenting Attempts to Address Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19–related policies introduced extraordinary social disruption in nursing homes. In response, nursing facilities implemented strategies to alleviate their residents’ loneliness. This study sought to describe interventions nursing homes used, document the perceived effectiveness of efforts, and determ...
Spotlight
June 1, 2026
President's Message: Efforts to Reverse SNF Visit Reimbursement Reductions
Update on one of the most important advocacy fights our community has taken on in recent years. Together, we are making real, meaningful progress to reverse cuts in reimbursement for visits in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs, POS 31) by increasing rates to match those currently maintained for nursing faci...
JAMDA
July 19, 2020
Safety Climate Associated With Adverse Events in Nursing Homes: A National VA Study
Adverse events in nursing homes are leading causes of morbidity and mortality, prompting facilities to investigate their antecedents. This study examined the contribution of safety climate—how frontline staff typically think about safety and act on safety issues—to adverse events in Veterans Affairs (VA) n...
JAMDA
August 23, 2017
Important Care and Activity Preferences in a Nationally Representative Sample of Nursing Home Residents
Person-centered care (PCC), which considers nursing home resident preferences in care delivery, has been linked to important outcomes such as improved quality of life, resident satisfaction with care, and mood and reduced behavioral symptoms for residents with dementia. Delivery of PCC fundamentally relies...
JAMDA
February 22, 2017