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JAMDA
November 20, 2018
Less aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care has been observed when health care professionals discuss approaching EOL and preferences about life-sustaining treatments with nursing home (NH) residents or their families. We performed a comprehensive systematic review to evaluate the association between health care...
JAMDA
February 1, 2019
To examine family caregivers' experiences with end-of-life care for nursing home residents with dementia and associations with the residents dying peacefully.
JAMDA
January 7, 2019
To investigate if the multicomponent intervention of the COSMOS trial, combining communication, systematic pain management, medication review, and activities, improved quality of life (QoL) in nursing home patients with complex needs.
JAMDA
November 16, 2018
To determine whether environmental rearrangements of the long-term care nursing home can affect disruptive behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in residents with dementia.
JAMDA
September 20, 2023
This study aimed to assess the distribution of racial disparities in influenza vaccination between White and Black short-stay and long-stay nursing home residents among states and hospital referral regions (HRRs).
Policy Snapshot
July 3, 2024
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a memo describing recent updates to nursing home data and Care Compare (QSO-24-14-NH).
PALTmed In The News
July 9, 2024
Nursing homes are falling further behind on vaccinating patients for COVID. Hear from AMDA President Rajeev Kumar and others on this topic.
JAMDA
September 17, 2025
Staffing challenges in nursing homes (NHs) have led to an increased reliance on subcontracted direct care workers from third-party agencies to provide essential care for older adults. This study assesses the associations between subcontracting, employment characteristics, and COVID-19 infections among dire...
JAMDA
December 19, 2015
The objectives of this study were to (1) obtain a national perspective of the current state of nursing home (NH) infection prevention and control (IPC) programs and (2) examine differences in IPC program characteristics for NHs that had and had not received an infection control deficiency citation.
JAMDA
February 22, 2021
Institutionalized older adults have a high prevalence of frailty and disability, which may make them more vulnerable to the negative consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on the level of frailty, physical, and cognitive performance in nursing home resid...