JAMDA
June 21, 2017
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JAMDA
October 26, 2020
Metformin is Associated with Decreased 30-Day Mortality Among Nursing Home Residents Infected with SARS-CoV2
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an urgent need to investigate whether existing drugs can enhance or even worsen prognosis; metformin, a known mammalian target of rapamycin (m-TOR) inhibitor, has been identified as a potential agent. We sought to evaluate mortality benefit among older persons infected with S...
JAMDA
November 4, 2025
Investing in the Direct Care Workforce: Lessons From the CalGrows Training and Stipend Initiative
The California Growing a Resilient and Outstanding Workforce (CalGrows) program sought to address the challenges of low retention and low pay among direct care workers (DCWs) and improve the quality of care delivered to older adults and people with disabilities by distributing $150 million in grant funding...
JAMDA
April 6, 2020
Measuring Self-Efficacy and Attitudes for Providing Mouth Care in Nursing Homes
Mouth care is increasingly recognized as an important component of care in nursing homes (NHs), yet is known to be deficient. To promote quality improvement and inform research efforts, it is necessary to have valid measures of staff self-efficacy and attitudes to provide mouth care.
JAMDA
June 15, 2018
The Development of a Decision Tool for the Empiric Treatment of Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Frail Older Adults: A Delphi Consensus Procedure
Nonspecific signs and symptoms combined with positive urinalysis results frequently trigger antibiotic therapy in frail older adults. However, there is limited evidence about which signs and symptoms indicate urinary tract infection (UTI) in this population. We aimed to find consensus among an internationa...
JAMDA
October 15, 2017
Facility-Level Factors and Outcomes After Skilled Nursing Facility Admission for Trauma and Surgical Patients
Patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have worse outcomes than those discharged to home, but whether this is due to differences in facility-level factors in addition to patient characteristics is not known. We aimed to determine whether SNF-level factors including nurse staffing and pati...
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F24 - Clinician's Role and Impact in Eliminating Healthcare Disparity and Inequity for Early Detection of Stage 1 Pressure Injury and Deep Tissue Pressure Injury Among People with Dark Skin Tones
JAMDA
May 9, 2025
Trajectory of Cardiometabolic Disease–Related Hospitalizations Before and After Dementia Diagnosis: A Matched Cohort Study
Dementia is associated with increased health care use; however, the timing of hospitalizations in relation to the development of dementia remains unclear. Cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke often co-occur with dementia, but the impact of dementia on hospita...
JAMDA
February 10, 2025
Cognition Assessment with ICOPE-Monitor: Identifying Candidates for Novel Therapies
To describe the clinical performance of the cognition battery on Step 1 (CogStep1) as a screening tool to detect (1) individuals with objective cognitive impairment regardless of their Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score, and specifically (2) to identify patients who could potentially benefit from anti-amy...
JAMDA
October 9, 2018