Patients with acquired brain injuries (ABIs) often need tracheostomy because of dysphagia. However, many of them may recover over time and be eventually decannulated during post-acute rehabilitation. We developed the Decannulation Prediction Tool (DecaPreT) to identify, early in the post-acute course, pati...
Medications are often needed to manage distressing end-of-life symptoms (eg, pain, agitation, dyspnea). We evaluated whether physician billing in long-term care (LTC) was associated with LTC residents’ receipt of an end-of-life symptom management medication prescription.
Motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome signals dementia risk in older adults, with social relationships recognized as modifiable influences; however, their interconnectedness with the multilayer factors of the health ecology model remains underexplored. This study aims to investigate the central and bridgin...
Although orthostatic hypotension (OH) and orthostatic intolerance (OI) are prevalent in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), it remains unclear how these conditions primarily affect the trajectory of decline in specific cognitive domains. This study aimed to explore the effects of OH and OI on longitudina...
The aims of this study were to investigate the practices of registered nurses and nurse aides at mealtimes in nursing homes (NHs) and to evaluate the attitudes of health care staff toward the nutritional care of older people.
To examine the association of meeting the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and resistance training (RT) components of the physical activity guidelines with frailty and mortality and to determine if these associations vary by age and sex.
To evaluate sedentary behaviors among older adults in residential care homes and explore potential mechanisms leading to sedentary behaviors based on the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation to Behavior (COM-B) model.
This study aimed to examine the potential impact of Medicaid total long-term services and supports (LTSS) expenditures and the proportion allocated to home- and community-based services (HCBS) on unmet needs among community-dwelling older adults with dementia.