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JAMDA
August 15, 2023
Unplanned Hospital Visits and Poor Oral Health With Undernutrition in Nursing Home Residents
In 2021, the Japanese government began operating a long-term care (LTC) database called the Long-Term Care Information System for Evidence (LIFE). However, its utility has not been verified. Regarding unplanned hospital visits of nursing home residents, one of the challenges in LTC is that poor oral health...
JAMDA
June 15, 2020
The Effects of ARBs, ACEis, and Statins on Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi), angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (“statins”) have been hypothesized to affect COVID-19 severity. However, up to now, no studies investigating this association have been conducted in the most vulnerable and affected po...
JAMDA
May 21, 2022
Reduced Waiting Times by Preference-Based Allocation of Patients to Nursing Homes
The long waiting times for nursing homes can be reduced by applying advanced waiting-line management. In this article, we implement a preference-based allocation model for older adults to nursing homes, evaluate the performance in a simulation setting for 2 case studies, and discuss the implementation in p...
JAMDA
May 23, 2017
Long-Term Effectiveness of a Multifactorial Fall and Fracture Prevention Program in Bavarian Nursing Homes: An Analysis Based on Health Insurance Claims Data
Femoral fractures are frequently consequences of falls in nursing homes and are associated with considerable costs and unfavorable outcomes such as immobility and mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term effectiveness of a multifactorial fall and fracture prevention program in nurs...
JAMDA
March 26, 2022
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Digital Adaptation of the WHELD Person-Centered Nursing Home Training Program
Digital approaches to delivering person-centered care training to nursing home staff have the potential to enable widespread affordable implementation, but there is very limited evidence and no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating digital training in the nursing home setting. The objective was to...
JAMDA
December 15, 2021
Factors Associated With Low and High Social Engagement Among Older Nursing Home Residents in Korea
With the increase in older adults receiving long-term care in facilities, the level of social engagement within nursing homes is a growing concern for improving the quality of life of residents. This study seeks to assess the level of social engagement and identify the factors associated with high and low ...
JAMDA
July 25, 2017
Does Person-Centered Care Improve Residents' Satisfaction With Nursing Home Quality?
Person-centered care (PCC) is meant to enhance nursing home residents' quality of life (QOL). Including residents' perspectives is critical to determining whether PCC is meeting residents’ needs and desires. This study examines whether PCC practices promote satisfaction with QOL and quality of ca...
JAMDA
November 20, 2020
Families' and Residents' Perspectives of the Quality of Nursing Home Care: Implications for Composite Quality Measures
To assess (1) the relationship of consumers' assessment of overall nursing home quality to their assessment of specific dimensions of quality; and (2) the implications of this relationship for composite quality measures in Nursing Home Compare.
JAMDA
April 27, 2021
Continuous Palliative Sedation Until Death: The Development of a Practice Protocol for Nursing Homes
Challenges inherent in the practice of continuous palliative sedation until death appear to be particularly pervasive in nursing homes. We aimed to develop a protocol to improve the quality of the practice in Belgian nursing homes.
