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July 25, 2018
Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Belgian Nursing Homes: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Our aim was to describe the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) in Belgian nursing homes and to identify characteristics of residents, general practitioners (GPs), and nursing homes (NHs) that are associated with the number of PIMs and PPOs....
JAMDA
May 31, 2018
The Impact of Dysphagia on Mortality of Nursing Home Residents: Results From the nutritionDay Project
Dysphagia is a frequent finding in nursing home residents. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association of dysphagia and mortality in nursing home residents and identify further risk factors for mortality in residents with dysphagia.
JAMDA
May 24, 2018
Effects of Horticulture on Frail and Prefrail Nursing Home Residents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Frail nursing home residents face multiple health challenges as a result of their frail status. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of HT on the psychosocial well-being of frail and prefrail nursing home residents.
JAMDA
October 1, 2018
The Change in Nursing Home Residents' Preferences Over Time
Nursing home (NH) residents' preferences for everyday living are the foundation for delivering individualized person-centered care. Yet, work has not examined what the most and least important preferences of nursing home residents are and if those preferences change over time.
JAMDA
June 27, 2014
Perspectives on Parkinson Disease Care in Dutch Nursing Homes
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex and disabling disorder. Ultimately, 20% to 40% of patients are admitted to a nursing home, and neurologists often lose track of these patients. Care and treatment of these institutionalized patients have not been addressed comprehensively, but anecdotal reports su...
JAMDA
June 27, 2014
Prevalence and Correlates of Hearing and Visual Impairments in European Nursing Homes: Results From the SHELTER Study
Visual and hearing impairments are known to be related to functional disability, cognitive impairment, and depression in community-dwelling older people. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of sensory impairment in nursing home residents, and whether sensory impairment is related to other c...
JAMDA
April 5, 2023
Measuring Nursing Home Quality of Life: Validated Measures Are Poorly Correlated With Proxies From MDS and Quality of Life Deficiency Citationsl
Ensuring quality of life (QoL) is an important goal of person-centered nursing home care. The provision of person-centered care relies on information captured in the Minimum Data Set 3.0 (MDS). It is unclear to what extent MDS items or QoL-related facility deficiency citations correlate with validated meas...
JAMDA
May 29, 2015
The “Leap Forward” in Nursing Home Development in Urban China: Future Policy Directions
In the past decade, the number of nursing beds in China has increased annually by an average of 10%, reaching 4.3 million in 2013. Although the State Council pushed for further increases to a ratio of 30 nursing home beds per 1000 persons by 2015, service utilization, quality assurance, and regulatory over...
JAMDA
June 26, 2015