An effective clinical research effort in nursing homes to address prevention and treatment of COVID-19 faced overwhelming challenges. Under the Health Care Systems Research Network-Older Americans Independence Centers AGING Initiative, a multidisciplinary Stakeholder Advisory Panel was convened to develop ...
A growing number of nurse practitioners (NPs) are employed in nursing homes (NHs) through various NP staffing mechanisms. The purpose of this study was to examine if having NH-employed NPs was associated with nursing staff turnover and resident care outcomes measured as hospital utilization, infection cont...
To determine clinical characteristics and treatment complications of patients with late-stage Parkinsonism living in nursing homes compared with those living at home.
Home health care (HHC) and nursing home care (NHC) are mainstays of long-term service in the aged population. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the factors associated with 1-year medical utilization and mortality in HHC and NHC recipients in Northern Taiwan.
The province of Ontario in Canada is an example of a jurisdiction that is using a specific quality improvement mechanism, known as “audit and feedback,” to help clinicians enhance the care they provide to long-term care (LTC) home residents. This program, launched in 2015, is unique in that the reports are...