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JAMDA
November 27, 2017
Nursing homes (NHs) collaboration with hospices appears to improve end-of-life (EOL) care among dying NH residents. However, the potential benefits of NH-hospice collaboration may vary with the patterns of this collaboration. This study examines the relationship between the attributes of NH-hospice collabo...
JAMDA
July 28, 2020
Nursing homes (NHs) are critical end-of-life (EOL) care settings for 70% of Americans dying with Alzheimer's disease/related dementias (ADRD). Whether EOL care/outcomes vary by NH/market characteristics for this population is unknown but essential information for improving NH EOL care/outcomes. Our ob...
JAMDA
May 26, 2023
This study examines how measures of staffing—turnover and instability—are associated with one another and how they independently contribute to quality of care in nursing homes.
JAMDA
September 30, 2020
Hospitalizations are common among long-stay nursing home (NH) residents, but the role of rurality in hospitalization is understudied. This study examines the relationships between rurality, NH, and market characteristics and NH quarterly risk-adjusted hospitalization rates of long-stay residents over 10 qu...
JAMDA
July 4, 2019
To examine the association between nursing home (NH) quality and new onset of depression and severity of depressive symptoms in a national cohort of long-stay NH residents in the United States.
Policy Snapshot
October 18, 2024
A bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives, consisting of 233 members, has signed a letter urging leadership to swiftly implement legislative solutions to prevent a 2.8% cut to Medicare payments set for January 1, 2025. The letter emphasizes the need for a payment update reflecting the actual pa...
JAMDA
October 17, 2023
To examine the associations between COVID-19 pandemic waves (1–4) and prevalent antipsychotic, antidepressant, benzodiazepine, anticonvulsant, and opioid use among assisted living (AL) residents, by setting (dementia care vs other).
JAMDA
June 18, 2025
Nursing staff are central to ensuing high-quality care in nursing homes (NHs), yet their wages often lag behind those in other health care settings. This study aimed to examine whether higher wages for nursing staff—registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and certified nursing assistants...
JAMDA
December 22, 2021
An effective clinical research effort in nursing homes to address prevention and treatment of COVID-19 faced overwhelming challenges. Under the Health Care Systems Research Network-Older Americans Independence Centers AGING Initiative, a multidisciplinary Stakeholder Advisory Panel was convened to develop ...
JAMDA
March 16, 2020
We examined the relationship between nursing assistant (NA) retention and a measure capturing nursing home leadership and staff empowerment.