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In the United States, nursing facility residents comprise fewer than 1% of the population but more than 40% of deaths due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mitigating the enormous risk of COVID-19 to nursing home residents requires adequate data. The widely used Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Se...

Caring for the Ages

July 31, 2023

The Michigan Medical Directors Association: Bringing Stakeholders Together to Improve Quality of Care

Podcast

October 12, 2021

The Microbiome and the Use of Probiotics in Long-Term Care

This podcast highlights the role of the microbiome and the use of probiotics in LTC to improve overall health, even beyond digestive issues.

JAMDA

October 31, 2019

The Minimum Data Set Agitated and Reactive Behavior Scale: Measuring Behaviors in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

Interventions aimed at managing agitated and aggressive behaviors in dementia without the use of antipsychotics are currently being tested in nursing homes (NHs). Researchers and clinicians require a measure that can capture the severity of residents’ behaviors. We test the internal consistency and constru...

JAMDA

September 3, 2020

The Minimum Data Set: An Opportunity to Improve Spasticity Screening

Spasticity is a common movement disorder that arises from trauma or disease affecting the central nervous system. Untreated spasticity can result in limitations in completing activities of daily living, painful limb contractures, and other conditions associated with loss of mobility. In the long-term care ...