To assess the effectiveness of smart home technologies (SHTs) in preventing and detecting falls among older adults in community and residential care settings.
Long-term care (LTC) staff may develop dissociation due to high-stress work environments and trauma exposures. This study aimed to (1) assess the prevalence of pathological dissociation in LTC home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) examine the associations of pathological dissociation with demographi...
To examine the association between neighborhood deprivation and infection-related hospitalizations among home health care (HHC) patients across different rurality levels.
Home health care (HHC) plays a pivotal role in serving millions of US adults aging in place. Although the HHC population is growing rapidly in both size and diversity, driven by an aging US population and a changing demographic profile, there are increasing concerns of equity in HHC, particularly regarding...
Assessing the changing care needs of home care clients is challenging due to the increasing multimorbidity and heterogeneity of geriatric syndromes, including frailty, functional decline, and cognitive impairment. We described the correlation between subjective judgment of changes in self-sufficiency and m...
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.
To investigate the relationship between unmet needs for family caregiver support, defined as lack of caregiver availability or capacity, and home health care (HH) service types delivered to patients with dementia.
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