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Resolutions

March 11, 2023

B23 - Inclusion of Nurses in Survey Teams

JAMDA

November 26, 2019

Optimizing Quality of Life With Cognitive Impairment: A Study of End-of-Life Care in Assisted Living

Assisted living (AL) is an expanding site of end-of-life (EOL) care in the United States. Understanding determinants of quality of life (QoL) for AL residents near EOL is vital to optimize care for this growing population, most of whom have some degree of cognitive impairment (CI). This analysis aimed to i...

JAMDA

February 29, 2024

One Month Prediction of Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Home Residents with Bayesian Networks

Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a common and avoidable condition among residents of nursing homes, and their consequences are severe. Reliable and simple identification of high-risk residents is a major challenge for prevention. Available tools like the Braden and Norton scale have imperfect predictive performan...

JAMDA

February 6, 2024

A National Survey on Point of Care Ultrasonography Use Among Veterans Affairs Clinicians in Home Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities

Older adults who are homebound and those in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) often have limited access to point of care imaging to inform clinical decision making. Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) can help span this gap by augmenting the physical examination to aid in diagnosis and triaging. Although...

JAMDA

May 20, 2024

Excess Deaths in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Alberta, Canada

Assisted living (AL) is a significant and growing congregate care option for vulnerable older adults designed to reduce the use of nursing homes (NHs). However, work on excess mortality in congregate care during the COVID-19 pandemic has primarily focused on NHs with only a few US studies examining AL. The...

Resolutions

April 27, 2022

D22 - Ownership Transparency

Resolutions

July 1, 2020

F20 - Expanding the Hospice Benefit Under Medicare

Resolutions

March 5, 2017

D17 - Inclusion of Continuing Care Retirement Centers & Long-Term Care Facilities in Accountable Care Organizations Investment Model

JAMDA

February 6, 2023

Telehealth Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review

Many adults older than 65 spend time in a nursing home (NH) at the end of life where specialist palliative care is limited. However, telehealth may improve access to palliative care services. A review of the literature was conducted to synthesize the evidence for telehealth palliative care in NHs to provid...

JAMDA

November 15, 2018

Examining Black-White Disparities Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Assisted Living Settings in 2014

Assisted living (AL) provides housing and personal care to residents who need assistance with daily activities. Few studies have examined black-white disparities in larger (25 + beds) ALs; therefore, little is known about black residents, their prior residential settings, and how they compare to whites in ...