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JAMDA

September 20, 2019

Nursing Home Social Services and Post-Acute Care: Does More Qualified Staff Improve Behavioral Symptoms and Reduce Antipsychotic Drug Use?

An increasing number of post-acute care patients are admitted to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) with behavioral symptoms such as wandering and rejecting care, which can interfere with care and place a patient at risk of social isolation or injury. This study examines whether increasing the qualification...

JAMDA

April 27, 2023

Nursing Home Social Work During COVID-19: Lessons Learned

JAMDA

March 6, 2019

Nursing Home Staff Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Quality Improvement Intervention

Quality improvement (QI) may be a promising approach for staff to improve the quality of care in nursing homes. However, little is known about the challenges and facilitators to implementing QI interventions in nursing homes. This study examines staff perspectives on the implementation process.

JAMDA

December 12, 2024

Nursing Home Staff Perspectives of the Benefits and Challenges of Providing Dementia Care

To capture nursing home staff perspectives on the benefits and challenges related to caring for residents living with Alzheimer disease and other related dementias. These perspectives will inform the initial development of strategies to help with staff retention.

JAMDA

November 18, 2024

Nursing Home Staffing Levels and Resident Characteristics in Larger Versus Smaller Chains

To analyze patient and facility characteristics associated with smaller versus larger nursing home (NH) chains.

JAMDA

December 31, 2024

Nursing Home Staffing Levels and Resident Health Outcomes: Is the Role of the Physical Therapist Undervalued?

To assess the relationship between nursing home staffing levels and excess outpatient emergency department (ED) visits by residents.

JAMDA

March 11, 2025

Nursing Home Staffing Variability and Quality: Assessing Alternative Measures of Daily Staffing Level Variation

Variability in daily nursing staffing levels is an important factor associated with nursing home quality and has led to calls to incorporate it in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s staffing star rating calculation. This study assessed 6 distinct daily staffing level variation measures for their valid...

JAMDA

July 4, 2019

Nursing Home Star Ratings and New Onset of Depression in Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents

To examine the association between nursing home (NH) quality and new onset of depression and severity of depressive symptoms in a national cohort of long-stay NH residents in the United States.

JAMDA

November 20, 2014

Nursing Home Telepsychiatry

JAMDA

June 3, 2024

Nursing Home to Emergency Care Transition Form Has Limited Uptake But Improves Documentation

Critical information gaps exist in nursing home–to–emergency department (NH-ED) transfer documentation. Standardization of forms may address these gaps. In a single state, a Continuity of Care Acute Care Transfer (CoC) Form was standardized and mandated to be used for all NH-ED transfers. The objective of ...