JAMDA
February 15, 2014
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JAMDA
October 1, 2018
The Change in Nursing Home Residents' Preferences Over Time
Nursing home (NH) residents' preferences for everyday living are the foundation for delivering individualized person-centered care. Yet, work has not examined what the most and least important preferences of nursing home residents are and if those preferences change over time.
JAMDA
May 29, 2015
The “Leap Forward” in Nursing Home Development in Urban China: Future Policy Directions
In the past decade, the number of nursing beds in China has increased annually by an average of 10%, reaching 4.3 million in 2013. Although the State Council pushed for further increases to a ratio of 30 nursing home beds per 1000 persons by 2015, service utilization, quality assurance, and regulatory over...
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Physician Treatment Orders in Dutch Nursing Homes
Physician treatment orders (PTOs) prevent burdensome unnecessary medical treatment of frail nursing home patients. The aim was to determine the prevalence of PTOs and time duration between nursing home admittance and PTO completion.
JAMDA
July 25, 2018
Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Belgian Nursing Homes: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Our aim was to describe the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) in Belgian nursing homes and to identify characteristics of residents, general practitioners (GPs), and nursing homes (NHs) that are associated with the number of PIMs and PPOs....
JAMDA
May 26, 2026
Durability of Clinical Protection in Nursing Home Residents Following Monovalent KP.2 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
Nursing home residents received updated monovalent SARS-CoV-2 vaccines to protect them from the most recently emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. We evaluated nursing home residents for the extent and durability of protection from hospitalization or death after monovalent KP.2 vaccination.
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
December 21, 2016
Green Care Farms as Innovative Nursing Homes, Promoting Activities and Social Interaction for People With Dementia
Innovative care environments are developed for people with dementia to encourage person-centered care. This study aims to investigate whether residents of green care farms that provide 24-hour nursing care participate more in (physical) activities and social interaction compared with residents of other nur...
JAMDA
March 14, 2025
Association of Racial and Ethnic Composition with Staff Levels in Nursing Homes: 2013-2019
The nursing home (NH) population has become increasingly diverse, yet many facilities remain de facto racially segregated. This study examines whether a high proportion of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) residents is associated with nursing staff levels.
