Medicare implemented a new skilled nursing facility (SNF) payment model, the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), in part to incentivize SNFs to admit more medically complex patients. However, it is unclear whether PDPM led to changes in case-mix in SNFs, and whether response to PDPM differed by SNF qualit...
Although nursing home (NH) residents make up a large and growing proportion of Americans with diabetes mellitus, little is known about how glucose-lowering medications are used in this population. We sought to examine glucose-lowering medication use in Veterans Affairs (VA) NH residents with diabetes betwe...
Promoting public awareness about dementia has been part of global initiatives in recent years; however, the impact on patterns of patient visits in memory clinics has not been investigated in Asian countries. Hence, the present study sought to investigate longitudinal patterns of patient characteristics am...
This study examined the association between care unit work environments in long-term care (LTC) homes and trends in care aides’ job satisfaction and burnout (exhaustion, cynicism, reduced professional efficacy) from 2014 to early 2020.
To investigate resident-level, provider-type, nursing home (NH), and regional factors associated with feeding tube (FT) placement in advanced dementia.
To determine clinical characteristics and treatment complications of patients with late-stage Parkinsonism living in nursing homes compared with those living at home.