Caring for the Ages
December 28, 2020
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JAMDA
January 13, 2021
Spouse and Adult-Child Dementia Caregivers in Chinese American Families: Who Are More Stressed Out?
Though many studies have explored differences between spouses and adult children in dementia care, empirical evidence is lacking on racial- and ethnic-minority populations. To fill this research gap, this study examined care tasks, caregiver burden, and depressive symptoms of Chinese spouse and adult-child...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015
SSRI Improves Agitation in Alzheimer's, but With Risks
JAMDA
May 20, 2022
Staff Attitudes Related to Antipsychotic Prescribing in Assisted Living
JAMDA
February 26, 2020
Staff Education on a Urinary Tract Infection Algorithm in a Skilled Nursing Facility
JAMDA
July 24, 2025
Staff Satisfaction and Burnout in Assisted Living and Validity of the DCW Job Satisfaction Scale
Professional caregivers (ie, direct care workers) provide the majority of support for long-term care residents. Unfortunately, they have consistently high turnover, which is associated with low job satisfaction and decreased care quality. Most research on this topic has been conducted in nursing homes; in ...
JAMDA
October 26, 2020
Staff Training Interventions to Improve End-of-Life Care of Nursing Home Residents: A Systematic Review
The aim was to review evidence from all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using palliative care education or staff training as an intervention to improve nursing home residents' quality of life (QOL) or quality of dying (QOD) or to reduce burdensome hospitalizations.
JAMDA
November 13, 2023
Staff Turnover Intention at Long-Term Care Facilities: Implications of Resident Aggression, Burnout, and Fatigue
Staff shortages and the high turnover rate of nursing assistants pose great challenges to long-term care. This study examined the effects of aggression from residents of long-term care facilities, burnout, and fatigue on staff turnover intention. The findings will help managers to devise effective measures...
JAMDA
September 10, 2025
Staff-Identified Palliative Care Needs Among Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): A Survey Study
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program provides nursing home–level care to older adults living in the community. We sought to characterize provider perceptions of PACE patients’ unmet palliative care needs and quantify the palliative care educational needs of multidisciplinary PAC...
JAMDA
October 6, 2021
Staffing and Protective Equipment Access Mitigated COVID-19 Penetration and Spread in US Nursing Homes During the Third Surge
During the last quarter of 2020—despite improved distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) and knowledge of COVID-19 management—nursing homes experienced the greatest increases in cases and deaths since the pandemic's beginning. We sought to update COVID-19 estimates of cases, hospitalizatio...
