JAMDA
December 19, 2019
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JAMDA
January 13, 2021
Hospital Deaths Increased After Reforms Regardless of Dementia Status: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis
Dying in a hospital is highly stressful for older adults and families. Persons with dementia who are hospitalized are particularly vulnerable to negative outcomes. The objective of this study is to fill an evidence gap on whether the 2015 Dutch long-term care reforms were effective in increasing deaths at ...
JAMDA
August 14, 2019
Introducing Goals of Patient Care in Residential Aged Care Facilities to Decrease Hospitalization: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
The “Goals of Patient Care” (GOPC) process uses shared decision making to incorporate residents' prior advance care planning (ACP) or preferences into medical treatment orders, guiding health care decisions at a time of clinical deterioration should they be unable to voice their opinions. The objectiv...
JAMDA
July 20, 2018
Bayesian Analyses Showed More Evidence for Apathy than for Depression Being Associated With Cognitive Functioning in Nursing Home Residents
Depression, apathy, and cognitive impairments are widespread in nursing home (NH) residents. Scarce research that explicitly compares apathy to depression suggests that the association between apathy and cognitive functioning is stronger than the association between depression and cognitive functioning. Th...
Long Term Care Information Series
Palliative Care in the Long-Term Care Setting
Professionals caring for frail older adults understand that the percentage of patients dying in hospitals is decreasing while the percentage of patients dying at home or in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities is increasing. Patients may experience physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering ...
JAMDA
December 11, 2018
STOP-FALLING: A Simple Checklist Tool for Fall Prevention in a Nursing Facility
Falls are highly prevalent and lead to major health morbidity and mortality in older adults. We developed a “STOP-FALLING” checklist as a multifactorial intervention tool kit for a single long-term care facility. The objective of this study was to determine feasibility and adherence of the checklist, and t...
Spotlight
November 15, 2024
Top Five Reasons to Register for PALTC25
You may be thinking about the holidays, but PALTC25 will be here before you know it. Now is the time to make plans to attend the premier post-acute and long-term care medicine conference. While there are dozens of reasons to come to Charlotte, NC, March 13-15, read about the top five.
JAMDA
March 6, 2019
Hospital Care of Older Patients With COPD: Adherence to International Guidelines for Use of Inhaled Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids
We aimed to analyze the prevalence and impact of COPD in older patients hospitalized in internal medicine or geriatric wards, and to investigate adherence to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines, associated clinical factors, and outcomes.
JAMDA
April 28, 2015
Unplanned Transfer to Emergency Departments for Frail Elderly Residents of Aged Care Facilities: A Review of Patient and Organizational Factors
With an aging population, a growing number of older adults experience physical or cognitive decline that necessitates admission to residential aged care facilities (RACF). Each year a considerable proportion of these residents has at least 1 emergency transfer to hospital, which may result in a number of a...
JAMDA
April 8, 2023