More than one-third of US nursing homes did not have a medical director onsite during the first quarter of 2023, according to new study findings, which were strongly rebuffed by the head of the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association.
Sleep is associated with physical activity (PA), yet the nature and directions of this association are less understood. This study aimed to disentangle the long-term temporal sequences between sleep duration/disturbance and PA in older adults, distinguishing between- and within-person effects.
To evaluate whether treatment with antidementia drugs is associated with reduced mortality in older patients with different mortality risk at baseline.
The association of body fat with health status and depression in the oldest old is still debated. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to investigate the association of body fat with health-related quality of life and depression in a sample of nonagenarians.
The aim was to examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in older hospitalized patients taking activities of daily living (ADLs) into account.
Body weight changes have been reported to increase mortality risk in older adults. However, the prognostic significance of short-term weight changes (during 1 year), particularly for functional disability, is unclear. We aimed to clarify the association between 1-year changes in body weight and the inciden...
Increased cancer survival has led to a growing population of geriatric patients with cancer. The post-acute rehabilitation outcomes of these patients are poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate whether cancer status is associated with functional outcomes, new institutionalization, and mortality ...
This study explored the association between cognitive impairment at admission with self-care and mobility gain rate (amount of change per week) during a post-acute care stay (admission to discharge) for older adults with stroke.
Nursing home residents have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recognition as a priority group for receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine, vaccine uptake and COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in nursing home facilities were variable across nursing homes. This study has 2...