JAMDA
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JAMDA
April 27, 2021
Nursing Home Profit Margins and Citations for Infection Prevention and Control
Recent rampant spread of COVID-19 cases in nursing homes has highlighted the concerns around nursing homes’ ability to contain the spread of infections. The ability of nursing homes to invest in quality improvement initiatives may depend on resource availability. In this study, we sought to examine whether...
JAMDA
March 21, 2015
Dying in a Nursing Home: Treatable Symptom Burden and its Link to Modifiable Features of Work Context
High-quality care at the end of life supports freedom from pain and other potentially burdensome symptoms. Lowering symptom burden at the end of life is an urgent and achievable goal in delivering services in nursing home settings. Few published reports describe symptom burden among older adults in nursing...
JAMDA
July 2, 2026
Using EHR Information to Estimate Mortality Risk for People With Dementia in an Australian Nursing Home Setting
End-of-life care for people with dementia is mainly delivered in nursing homes, but prognostic uncertainty often hinders timely access to specialist palliative care and anticipatory planning. Existing electronic health record (EHR) systems in Australian nursing homes do not adequately support the identific...
JAMDA
June 13, 2024
Falls Prevention Using AI and Remote Surveillance in Nursing Homes
The older population of United States is growing, with more adults having complicated medical conditions being admitted into nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest challenge has been falls prevention, with an increasing number of patients being placed in ...
JAMDA
April 17, 2015
The Influence of Organizational Context on Best Practice Use by Care Aides in Residential Long-Term Care Settings
This study assessed individual and organizational context (work environment) factors that influence use of best practices by care aides (nursing assistants) in nursing homes. Little scientific attention has been focused on understanding best practice use in nursing homes and almost none on care aides. ...
Caring for the Ages
June 28, 2017
Education on Basics Results in Significant CAUTI Reduction, Cost Savings
JAMDA
February 23, 2017
Reduction of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) – Back to Basics
Caring for the Ages
October 23, 2021
Key Guidelines for Gradual Dosage Reductions of Psychotropic Medications
JAMDA
October 29, 2025
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Dementia Risk Reduction in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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).
