JAMDA
March 11, 2025
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JAMDA
January 25, 2021
Impact of a Public Policy Restricting Staff Mobility Between Nursing Homes in Ontario, Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To assess changes in the mobility of staff between nursing homes in Ontario, Canada, before and after enactment of public policy restricting staff from working at multiple homes.
JAMDA
April 9, 2021
Factors Associated with Timing of the Start-of-Care Nursing Visits in Home Health Care
Home health care patients have critical needs requiring timely care following hospital discharge. Although Medicare requires timely start-of-care nursing visits, a significant portion of home health care patients wait longer than 2 days for the first visit. No previous studies investigated the pattern of s...
JAMDA
January 9, 2021
Identifying Urinary Tract Infection-Related Information in Home Care Nursing Notes
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common in home care but not easily captured with standard assessment. This study aimed to examine the value of nursing notes in detecting UTI signs and symptoms in home care.
JAMDA
October 25, 2025
Comparing Post-Acute Care Outcomes Between Home Health Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Scoping Review
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health care (HHC) are 2 primary settings for post-acute care (PAC). There is growing interest in shifting care from SNFs to lower-cost home-based care, which may also be preferred by patients and families due to a more patient-centered approach.
JAMDA
September 18, 2014
Pain, Delirium, and Physical Function in Skilled Nursing Home Patients With Dementia
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are major sites of postacute care for patients with dementia. A recent Office of the Inspector General report indicated that outcomes in SNFs are suboptimal because of poor-quality treatment, including the failure to provide needed care. Pain is frequently unrecognized and...
JAMDA
December 23, 2015
A Pilot Health Information Technology–Based Effort to Increase the Quality of Transitions From Skilled Nursing Facility to Home: Compelling Evidence of High Rate of Adverse Outcomes
Older adults are often transferred from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for post-acute care. Patients may be at risk for adverse outcomes after SNF discharges, but little research has focused on this period.
JAMDA
October 30, 2019
Quality Indicators as Predictors of Future Inspection Performance in Ontario Nursing Homes
There are several mechanisms for monitoring the quality of care in long-term care (LTC), including the use of quality indicators derived from resident assessments and formal inspections. The LTC inspection process is time and resource-intensive, and there may be opportunities to better target inspections. ...
JAMDA
July 28, 2020
Challenges in Tracking and Reporting Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care
The contemporary long-term care provider and interdisciplinary team are well aware of the recent focus on antibiotic use in their settings. Regulatory changes implemented by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beginning in 2016 have required long-term care settings to look at antibiotic use in a mor...
Policy Snapshot
November 18, 2024
Highlights from the 2024 AMA Interim House of Delegates Meeting
The 2024 Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates covered critical issues affecting the U.S. health-care system. Among the most pressing topics was Medicare physician payment, which remains the AMA's top advocacy priority. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser...
