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JAMDA

October 10, 2024

Depressive Signs and Daily Life of Residents When Relocating from a Regular to an Innovative Nursing Home

In this study, we examine how residents are affected by moving from a regular nursing home into an innovative living arrangement. In the past decade, a culture change has taken place, leading to rapid developments of innovative living arrangements that aim to change the physical, social, and organizational...

JAMDA

October 19, 2024

Association Between Nursing Home Five-Star Ratings and Consumer Satisfaction

Consumers can currently access the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Five-Star Quality Rating System when they choose a nursing home (NH). However, the system does not incorporate NH consumers’ opinions. Without having access to satisfaction or quality-of-life measures, consumers could make uninfo...

JAMDA

September 27, 2024

Detecting Agitated Behaviors in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Using Electronic Medical Records

Agitated behaviors (behaviors) are common in nursing home (NH) residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Pragmatic trials of behavior management interventions rely on routinely collected Minimum Data Set (MDS) data to evaluate study outcomes, despite known underreporting. We des...

JAMDA

June 8, 2023

Data-Driven Analytics to Discover APRN's Impact on Nursing Home Hospitalization: Causal Discovery Analysis

Research shows advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) embedded in nursing homes (NHs) reduce resident hospitalizations. However, the specific APRN activities that reduce hospitalizations have not been adequately investigated. This study aims to identify the causal links between APRN activities and NHs...

JAMDA

May 29, 2023

Longitudinal Associations of Staff Shortages and Staff Levels with Health Outcomes in Nursing Homes

To examine whether facility-reported staff shortages and total staff levels were independently associated with changes in nursing home (NH) outcomes in 2020.

JAMDA

July 31, 2023

A Qualitative Study of Nursing Home Staff Lived Experience With Advance Care Planning

Advance care planning (ACP) within nursing homes (NHs) is an integral component of resident-centered care yet remains an ongoing area for improvement. This study explored health care providers’ experiences when facilitating ACP discussions with residents and their families.

JAMDA

May 9, 2021

COVID-19 Cases and Death in Nursing Homes: The Role of Racial and Ethnic Composition of Facilities and Their Communities

To examine the extent to which the racial and ethnic composition of nursing homes (NHs) and their communities affects the likelihood of COVID-19 cases and death in NHs, and whether and how the relationship between NH characteristics and COVID-19 cases and death varies with the racial and ethnic composition...

JAMDA

November 22, 2020

Characteristics Associated with Feeding Tube Placement: Retrospective Cohort Study of Texas Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

To investigate resident-level, provider-type, nursing home (NH), and regional factors associated with feeding tube (FT) placement in advanced dementia.

JAMDA

January 18, 2025

Evaluation of COVID-19 Diagnosis Codes for Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in a Nursing Home Cohort, 2022–2023

This study aimed to evaluate the utility of electronic health record (EHR) diagnosis codes for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infections among nursing home residents.

JAMDA

January 20, 2025

Association between Mortality and Time Spent Out of Bed in Older-Adult Nursing Home Residents

For older adults, spending time out of bed is important for preventing functional decline, but its relationship to mortality is not clear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between mortality and time spent out of bed in Japanese older-adult nursing home residents.