JAMDA
December 19, 2014
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JAMDA
February 25, 2015
Osteoporosis Prevalence and Characteristics of Treated and Untreated Nursing Home Residents With Osteoporosis
Our primary objective was to describe the prevalence of osteoporosis (OP) diagnosis in nursing home residents (NHRs). Secondary objectives included assessment of pharmacologic therapies and risk of fracture in NHRs with OP, as well as differentiating clinical characteristics of treated versus untreated mal...
JAMDA
February 7, 2015
Severe Hypoglycemia Is Associated With Antidiabetic Oral Treatment Compared With Insulin Analogs in Nursing Home Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia: Results From the DIMORA Study
Severe hypoglycemia is associated with cognitive decline and dementia in older persons with type 2 diabetes. The role of antidiabetic treatments on severe hypoglycemia is unknown in dementia. The aims were to determine the prevalence of severe hypoglycemic events and investigate associations among severe h...
JAMDA
December 3, 2014
Developing Palliative Care Practice Guidelines and Standards for Nursing Home–Based Palliative Care Teams: A Delphi Study
Lack of nursing home (NH)-specific palliative care practice guidelines has been identified as a barrier to improving palliative and end-of-life (EOL) quality of care.
JAMDA
June 29, 2021
Impact of Tailored Multicomponent Exercise for Preventing Weakness and Falls on Nursing Home Residents’ Functional Capacity
We aimed to determine whether the benefits of long (24 weeks) and short (4 weeks) training programs persisted after short (6 weeks) and long (14 weeks) periods of inactivity in older adult nursing home residents with sarcopenia.
JAMDA
January 7, 2020
A Systematic Review of Nursing Home Palliative Care Interventions: Characteristics and Outcomes
Despite recommendations to integrate palliative care into nursing home care, little is known about the most effective ways to meet this goal.
JAMDA
April 9, 2020
Omissions of Care in Nursing Home Settings: A Narrative Review
This review aims to (1) examine existing definitions of omissions of care in the healthcare environment and associated characteristics and (2) outline adverse events that may be attributable to omissions of care among nursing home populations.
JAMDA
January 20, 2020
Nursing Home Clinicians' Decision to Prescribe Antibiotics for a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection: Findings From a Discrete Choice Experiment
To determine which nursing home (NH) resident characteristics were most important to clinicians' decision to prescribe antibiotics for a suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), including both evidence-based and non-evidence-based characteristics.
JAMDA
November 20, 2018
Association Between End-of-Life Conversations in Nursing Homes and End-of-Life Care Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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
Families' Experiences With End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes and Associations With Dying Peacefully With Dementia
To examine family caregivers' experiences with end-of-life care for nursing home residents with dementia and associations with the residents dying peacefully.
