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JAMDA
February 8, 2025
Describing Dementia Specialty Care Units in US Nursing Homes: Leveraging National Survey Data From HARBORS and LTCfocus
Nursing home dementia specialty care units are highly publicized as beneficial for residents with dementia, but we know little about these units and what makes them “special.” Leveraging primary data from a national survey of nursing home representatives and the LTCfocus data, this study aims to describe c...
JAMDA
January 30, 2026
How Housing Influences Nursing Home Utilization in the United States: An Integrative Review
Given the growing housing crisis, researchers increasingly point to housing as a possible risk factor for nursing home utilization, yet the exact pathways from housing to nursing home utilization are unclear. The purpose of this review is to describe how housing acts as a mechanism that influences nursing ...
JAMDA
December 20, 2018
Health Outcomes of Deprescribing Interventions Among Older Residents in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Deprescribing is effective in addressing concerns relating to polypharmacy in residents of nursing homes. However, the clinical outcomes of deprescribing interventions among residents in nursing homes are not well understood. We evaluated the impact of deprescribing interventions by health care professiona...
JAMDA
September 17, 2025
Asymptomatic Acute Hypertension in Nursing Home Residents: Rarely an Emergency
Hypertension is extremely common in the geriatric population, with estimates as high as 75%. Among nursing home residents, the prevalence is even higher. Asymptomatic hypertension, an acute increase in blood pressure without end-organ involvement, is common in this patient population and results in many ca...
JAMDA
September 11, 2025
Changes in Nursing Home Staffing Instability Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
High nursing home staffing instability (ie, daily variation) is associated with poor resident outcomes. This study examined changes in nursing home staffing instability during the COVID-19 pandemic and investigated whether instability patterns differed by nursing home characteristics.
JAMDA
March 17, 2023
Institutional Factors Associated with Residents’ Malnutrition in Nursing Homes: A Cross-Sectional Study
Malnutrition is frequent in older adults, associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and higher costs. Nursing home residents are especially affected, and evidence on institutional factors associated with malnutrition is limited. We calculated the prevalence of malnutrition in Swiss nursing home resid...
JAMDA
June 8, 2020
Temperature in Nursing Home Residents Systematically Tested for SARS-CoV-2
Many nursing home residents infected with SARS-CoV-2 fail to be identified with standard screening for the associated COVID-19 syndrome. Current nursing home COVID-19 screening guidance includes assessment for fever, defined as a temperature of at least 38.0°C. The objective of this study was to describe t...
JAMDA
June 11, 2020
Health Outcomes of Immigrants in Nursing Homes: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study in Ontario, Canada
Older adults account for a significant portion of Canadian immigrants, yet characteristics and health outcomes of older immigrants in nursing homes have not been studied. We aimed to describe the prevalence of immigrants living in nursing homes, their characteristics, and their hospitalization and mortalit...
JAMDA
August 14, 2023
Lessons Learned from the Connecticut Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes during the First 2 Years of the Pandemic
Nearly half of all SARS-CoV-2–related deaths in the United States occurred in long-term care facilities during the early pandemic. In Connecticut, statewide mitigation of this impact involved a collaboration between the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Yale School of Public Health, alongside...
