Global aging has increased the demand for long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for older adults with dementia. This challenge is further exacerbated by systemic barriers such as insufficient infrastructure and a shortage of trained caregivers within LTCFs. These limitations heighten care risks for vulnerable ...
To design a questionnaire to evaluate and distinguish between cognitive and physical aspects of fatigue in different age groups of “nondiseased” people and guide appropriate prevention and interventions for the impact of frailty occurring in normative aging.
We developed an instrument to assess nursing home residents' quality of life (QOL), with a focus on QOL-related factors modifiable through nursing home care, within the South Korean context; then, we tested its validity and reliability.
Readmission to acute care from the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) setting is potentially preventable and an important target of quality improvement and cost savings. The objective of this study was to develop a risk calculator to predict 30-day all-cause readmissions from the IRF setting.
We aimed to develop a context-specific intervention toward benzodiazepine deprescribing in nursing homes (NHs), with insights from behavior-change theories and involvement of stakeholders.
The purpose of this study was to develop a screening questionnaire for frailty based on the Fried frailty phenotype (FFP) in community-dwelling older adults.
The aim of this study was to develop a Fried Frailty Phenotype Questionnaire (FFPQ) and a Japanese FRAIL (fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illnesses, and loss of weight) scale (FRAIL-J) and to evaluate the reliability and validity of both questionnaires in Japanese community-dwelling older adults.