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November 16, 2022
Reimagining Infection Control in U.S. Nursing Homes in the Era of COVID-19
Residents of nursing homes (NHs) are susceptible to infection, and these facilities, particularly those that provide post-acute care services, are high-risk settings for the rapid spread of communicable respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, as well as antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The complexity of ...
JAMDA
January 23, 2017
Prevention of Functional Decline by Reframing the Role of Nursing Homes?
Institutionalization is generally a consequence of functional decline driven by physical limitations, cognitive impairments, and/or loss of social supports. At this stage, intervention to reverse functional losses is often too late. To be more effective, geriatric medicine must evolve to intervene at an ea...
JAMDA
October 6, 2016
Inappropriate Fentanyl Prescribing Among Nursing Home Residents in the United States
We quantified transdermal fentanyl prescribing in elderly nursing home residents without prior opioid use or persistent pain, and the association of individual and facility traits with opioid-naïve prescribing.
JAMDA
October 11, 2016
nutritionDay in Nursing Homes—The Association of Nutritional Intake and Nutritional Interventions With 6-Month Mortality in Malnourished Residents
Malnutrition in older persons is associated with an increased risk of mortality. Useful strategies to counteract malnutrition are nutritional interventions, such as fortified diets, oral nutritional supplements (ONS), tube feeding, and parenteral nutrition. Presently, it is not known if these strategies ca...
JAMDA
August 26, 2021
Implementation of Goals of Care Communication Innovation Among Nursing Homes: A Multiple Case Study Design
Nursing homes (NHs) provide care to residents with serious illness and related complex health care needs. As such, discussions about end-of-life care between NH staff and residents and families are necessary to ensure residents receive care consistent with their goals. Interventions such as video decision ...
JAMDA
December 24, 2021
Proactive Geriatric Comanagement of Nursing Home Patients by a New Hospital-Based Liaison Geriatric Unit: A New Model for the Future
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, hospital-based liaison geriatric units (LGUs) were created in Spanish hospitals with the aim to improve health care coordination between nursing homes (NHs) and hospitals. Our university hospital created a comprehensive, proactive LGU serving 31 public and private NHs of dif...
JAMDA
September 16, 2016
Psychotropic Drug Prescription and the Risk of Falls in Nursing Home Residents
Falling is a common and serious problem in the elderly. Previous studies suggest that the use of psychotropic drugs increases the risk of falling. However, the contribution of these drugs on fall risk has not been quantified on a daily basis among the general population of nursing homes until now.
JAMDA
August 26, 2016
Inactive Residents Living in Nursing Homes and Associated Predictors: Findings From a Regional-Based, Italian Retrospective Study
It has been amply reported that nursing home (NH) residents are largely inactive, a condition that may further increase functional decline, behavioral disorders, and risk of death. To date, studies have mainly focused on individual characteristics that may decrease residents’ involvement in activities. The...
JAMDA
November 1, 2016