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JAMDA
September 27, 2023
Evaluating the Association between the Implementation of the PoET Southwest Spread Project and Reductions in Acute Care Transfers from Long-Term Care: A Quasi-Experimental Matched Cohort Study Using Population-Level Health Administrative Data
To measure changes in resident-level acute care transfer rates after the PoET Southwest Spread Project (PSSP), and to identify patient and long-term care (LTC) home characteristics associated with acute care transfers after program launch.
JAMDA
December 13, 2020
Are Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Appropriately Treated for Fracture Prevention?
Clinicians struggle with whether to prescribe osteoporosis medications for fracture prevention for older nursing home (NH) residents with dementia, given the lack of evidence in this population. To better understand real-world clinical practice, we conducted a retrospective cohort study examining patterns ...
JAMDA
January 9, 2021
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Nursing Home End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review
Health disparities are pervasive in nursing homes (NHs), but disparities in NH end-of-life (EOL) care (ie, hospital transfers, place of death, hospice use, palliative care, advance care planning) have not been comprehensively synthesized. We aim to identify differences in NH EOL care for racial/ethnic mino...
JAMDA
October 16, 2020
Higher Resource Utilization and Costs in Long-Term Nursing Home Residents With Overactive Bladder: A Retrospective Study of Medicare Beneficiaries
To determine the all-cause health care resource utilization and costs among long-term nursing home (LTNH) residents with and without overactive bladder (OAB).
JAMDA
June 29, 2021
The Association of Anticholinergic Drugs and Delirium in Nursing Home Patients With Dementia: Results From the SHELTER Study
Drugs with anticholinergic properties are associated with an increased prevalence of delirium, especially in older persons. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the use of this class of drugs in nursing home (NH) patients and prevalence of delirium, particularly in people with deme...
JAMDA
February 18, 2015
Identifying Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Nursing Home Residents in the United States
To identify and describe potentially preventable emergency department (ED) visits by nursing home (NH) residents in the United States. These visits are important because they are common, frequently lead to hospitalization, and can be associated with significant cost to the patient and the health care syste...
JAMDA
August 7, 2017
Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review
Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) are coordinated interventions promoting the appropriate use of antibiotics to improve patient outcomes and reduce microbial resistance. These programs are now mandated in nursing homes (NHs) but it is unclear if these programs improve resident outcomes. This systemati...
JAMDA
December 26, 2017
Pain Treatments After Hip Fracture Among Older Nursing Home Residents
To examine the association between use of opioids versus other analgesics with death and functioning after hip fracture in older nursing home (NH) residents.
JAMDA
August 20, 2021
The Benefits of Culture Change in Nursing Homes—Obtaining Nationally Representative Evidence
Despite face validity and regulatory support, empirical evidence of the benefit of culture change practices in nursing homes (NHs) has been inconclusive. We used rigorous methods and large resident-level cohorts to determine whether NH increases in culture change practice adoption in the domains of environ...
