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JAMDA

October 19, 2024

Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Post-acute and Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an emerging application of ultrasonography that is being integrated into patient care in many medical specialties. The post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting has opportunities to adopt POCUS as a diagnostic aid to improve patient outcomes. We aim (1) to describe t...

JAMDA

February 19, 2015

POISe-Care: A Team-based Bedside Model for Care in SNF Setting

JAMDA

December 17, 2020

Poisoning Exposures in People with Dementia (2014‒2019): A Retrospective Study

To describe the most common types of poisoning exposures, implicated substances and underlying sources of medication error in people with dementia.

JAMDA

July 7, 2022

Policy Analysis for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Aged Care

This study aimed to analyze national influenza infection control policy documents within aged care settings by identifying the consistencies, inconsistencies, and gaps with the current evidence and by evaluating methodological quality. Aged care providers can use these findings to identify their policy doc...

JAMDA

April 11, 2015

Policy Recommendation: The National Center for Prevention of Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Dementia

JAMDA

June 1, 2020

Policy Recommendations Regarding Skilled Nursing Facility Management of Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19): Lessons from New York State

To provide policy recommendations for managing Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) in skilled nursing facilities, a group of certified medical directors from several facilities in New York state with experience managing the disease used e-mail, phone, and video conferencing to develop consensus recommendations. The ...

Caring for the Ages

June 25, 2015

Policy Remedies for Social Media Headaches

Caring for the Ages

May 28, 2021

Policy Throughout The Pandemic

JAMDA

June 9, 2020

Policy to Reduce Antipsychotic Use and Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

Following the 2012 launch of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes (the National Partnership), the use of antipsychotics has declined. However, little is known about the impact of this effort on quality of care and outcomes for nursing home (NH) residents with Alzheimer's ...

JAMDA

May 3, 2023

Policy-Driven Post-Acute Care Program Lowers Mortality Rate and Medical Expenditures After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: A Nationwide Propensity Score–Matched Study

The beneficial effects of multidisciplinary disease management programs have been demonstrated. The present study investigated the effects of a policy-driven, health insurance–reimbursed, heart failure (HF) post-acute care (PAC) program on mortality, health care service utilization, and readmission expense...