The William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service, one of four Excellence Awards given out by the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, recognizes significant contributions to building PALTmed’s organizational strength, image, and mission. Based on that description, it makes perfe...
Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, the recipient of the 2024 William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service, never met the award’s namesake, but she clearly embodies his spirit of innovation. Dr. Bonner is passionate about efforts to support and empower older adults to be able to age in their communities...
To perform an umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analyses (MAs) examining the effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) delivered within community settings to general populations of community-dwelling older people against various health outcomes.
To explore whether severity of cognitive impairment and agitation of older people with dementia predict outcomes in engagement, mood states, and agitation after a 10-week intervention with the robotic seal, PARO.
To examine if angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor reduces the risk of pneumonia in older patients on tube-feeding because of dysphagia from cerebrovascular diseases.
To carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis to verify the effects of multicomponent training on the cognitive function of older adults without cognitive impairment.
Person-centered care (PCC) is meant to enhance nursing home residents' quality of life (QOL). Including residents' perspectives is critical to determining whether PCC is meeting residents’ needs and desires. This study examines whether PCC practices promote satisfaction with QOL and quality of ca...