JAMDA
February 23, 2021
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Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015
Reducing Smoking Risks While Honoring Residents' Choices
JAMDA
June 5, 2020
Reducing Social Isolation of Seniors during COVID-19 through Medical Student Telephone Contact
Social isolation has been associated with many adverse health outcomes in older adults. We describe a phone call outreach program in which health care professional student volunteers phoned older adults, living in long-term care facilities and the community, at risk of social isolation during the COVID-19 ...
JAMDA
March 13, 2020
Reducing the Burden of Complex Medication Regimens: SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm care Residents (SIMPLER) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
To assess the application of a structured process to consolidate the number of medication administration times for residents of aged care facilities.
JAMDA
October 28, 2024
Reducing the Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care: Strategies for Success
The inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications in older adults can reduce the quality of life and increase the risk of adverse drug interactions. To address this concern, a quality improvement study was implemented across 34 long-term care (LTC) homes in Ontario, Canada. The study aimed to reduce inapp...
JAMDA
March 30, 2020
Reducing the Risk of Hospitalization for Nursing Home Residents: Effects and Facility Variation From OPTIMISTIC
The Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical Quality, and Improving Symptoms: Transforming Institutional Care (OPTIMISTIC) project led to significant decreases in potentially avoidable hospitalizations of long-stay nursing facility residents in external evaluation. The purpose of this study was to q...
JAMDA
May 4, 2019
Reducing the Tension Between Patient Safety and Trainee Autonomy
JAMDA
March 4, 2020
Reducing Transfers among Long-Stay Nursing Facility Residents to Acute Care Settings: Effect of the 2013‒2016 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Initiative
From 2013 to 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents (“the Initiative”) tested a series of clinical interventions and care models, through organizations called Enhanced Care and Coordination Providers (ECCPs), wit...
JAMDA
February 26, 2020
Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotics for Bilateral Cellulitis
JAMDA
February 7, 2014