JAMDA
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JAMDA
November 16, 2022
The Prevalence of Social Frailty Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
To report the overall prevalence of social frailty among older people and provide information for policymakers and authorities to use in developing policies and social care.
JAMDA
March 27, 2023
Assessing Pathogen Transmission Opportunities: Variation in Nursing Home Staff-Resident Interactions
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends implementing Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) for all nursing home (NH) residents known to be colonized with targeted multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), wounds, or medical devices. Differences in health care personnel (HCP) and resident ...
JAMDA
June 11, 2019
Preoperative Sleep Questionnaires Identify Medical Emergency Team Activation in Older Adults
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have increased postoperative complications that are important for patient safety and healthcare utilization. Questionnaires help identify patients at risk for OSA; however, among older adults who preoperatively self-administered OSA questionnaires, the frequency ...
JAMDA
April 13, 2023
The Impact of Home-Based Primary Care on Outcomes Among Older Adults in South Korea
Although Korea issued a law and developed benefits of National Health Insurance (NHI) to enable the provision of home-based primary care (HBPC) along with implementation of a pilot project for community care for older adults in August 2019, the outcomes of HBPC services were not surveyed in Korea. This stu...
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)
Gastrointestinal Disorders CPG
Although aging has relatively minimal effects on gastrointestinal (GI) function, age-related changes can cause or contribute to several GI disorders. Aging can result in impaired function of the gastric mucosal barrier and increased risk of peptic ulcer disease. Patients residing in PALTC facilities typica...
JAMDA
September 20, 2019
International Transferability of Research Evidence in Residential Long-term Care: A Comparative Analysis of Aged Care Systems in 7 Nations
To compare publicly available information on aged care systems in 7 countries to determine the degree of transferability for research on aged care between these countries.
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
January 19, 2024
Exploring Staffing Levels in Adult Day Services: Does Profit Status Matter?
For more than 4 decades, adult day service centers (ADSCs) have provided long-term care services and socialization to hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. An important part of the long-term care continuum, ADSCs serve older adults and adults with disabilities, many of whom have low incomes...
Policy Snapshot
December 2, 2024