POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is a medical order form used to document preferences about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), medical interventions such as hospitalization, care in the intensive care unit, and/or ventilation, as well as artificial nutrition. Programs based on the P...
Nursing home residents have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recognition as a priority group for receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine, vaccine uptake and COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in nursing home facilities were variable across nursing homes. This study has 2...
To evaluate the effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) on dementia risk compared with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4is) among older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D).