Last week, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and 16 Senate Democrats sent a Dear Colleague letter announcing a new initiative focused on long-term care for seniors and Americans with disabilities. The letter focused on three goals: making home care more affordable and accessible, imp...
Infectious diseases are a major concern for patients dwelling in long-term care facilities and cause significant morbidity and mortality. is a leading bacterial pathogen in this population, and infection can lead to invasive disease (IED) such as complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) or sepsis. Despi...
The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused a considerable mortality in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), including residential care setting and nursing homes. This study aimed to estimate COVID-19 incidence and mortality in residential care facilities and to compare them with those recorded in nursin...
Asking and knowing what matters is critical for delivering high-value care to older adults, especially those in long-term care (LTC). We developed the Well-Being Toolkit to help nursing homes systematically understand and prioritize resident well-being. Drawing from multiple disciplines, we created a simpl...
Since many of the frailest and most vulnerable Americans reside in nursing homes, medical students need focused education and training pertaining to this setting. A unique cooperative learning experience utilizing the jigsaw method was developed to engage and expose students to the institutional long-term ...
A bipartisan, bicameral group of 100 U.S. lawmakers, led by Reps. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) and Michael Lawler (R-NY), sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally urging the agency to exempt the health-care sector from a newly introduced $100,000 fee on employers filing new H-1B visa ...
infection is a major source of morbidity and mortality among frail older adults, especially those in nursing homes (NHs). Safety reports have signaled that bisphosphonate use may be a contributing cause. We therefore evaluated the risk of hospitalization associated with oral bisphosphonate use in the NH....
The winter respiratory virus season always poses challenges for long-term care settings; this winter, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 will compound the usual viral infection challenges. This special article discusses unique considerations that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) brings to t...
Despite much attention including national initiatives, concerns remain about the approaches to managing behavior symptoms and psychiatric conditions across all settings, including in long-term care settings such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities. One key reason why problems persist is because...