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How Can Nursing Homes Get Involved in the Age-Friendly Movement

What does it mean to be an Age-Friendly nursing home? How can your nursing home become one? On Feb 6, learn everything you need to know.

JAMDA

September 3, 2016

Comparing Public Quality Ratings for Accredited and Nonaccredited Nursing Homes

Compare quality ratings of accredited and nonaccredited nursing homes using the publicly available Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare data set.

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January 31, 2025

Geriatricians deliver dedicated care but remain absent from most nursing homes: JAMDA

Remarkably few nursing homes patients see geriatricians, even though they’re among the physicians most likely to spend the majority of their workday in long-term care facilities, a new study found. Across more than 14,000 physicians treating Medicare patients in nursing homes, geriatricians managed just 4%...

JAMDA

February 11, 2025

Changing Oral Health Trajectories: A 10-Year Cross-Sectional Comparison of 2 Domiciliary Dental Care Patient Groups in Nursing Homes

Since 2010, Gerodent has been a comprehensive oral health care program including biannual domiciliary dental care in nursing homes in Flanders, Belgium. Previous research revealed poor oral health among nursing home residents attending the mobile clinic. The objective of this study was to evaluate potentia...

JAMDA

February 11, 2025

Skin Ulcer Development and Deterioration of Social Engagement among Nursing Home Residents

Skin ulcers are a critical indicator of quality of care in nursing homes that influence residents’ physical, psychological, and social health. The objective of this study is to understand the influence of developing skin ulcers on deterioration in social engagement in nursing home residents.

JAMDA

May 23, 2017

IAGG/IAGG GARN International Survey of End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes

This article reports the findings of a survey on end-of-life (EOL) care in nursing homes of 18 long-term care experts across 15 countries. The experts were chosen as a convenience-based sample of known experts in each country. The survey was administered in 2016 and included both open-ended responses for d...

JAMDA

May 23, 2017

Long-Term Effectiveness of a Multifactorial Fall and Fracture Prevention Program in Bavarian Nursing Homes: An Analysis Based on Health Insurance Claims Data

Femoral fractures are frequently consequences of falls in nursing homes and are associated with considerable costs and unfavorable outcomes such as immobility and mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term effectiveness of a multifactorial fall and fracture prevention program in nurs...

JAMDA

July 25, 2017

Does Person-Centered Care Improve Residents' Satisfaction With Nursing Home Quality?

Person-centered care (PCC) is meant to enhance nursing home residents' quality of life (QOL). Including residents' perspectives is critical to determining whether PCC is meeting residents’ needs and desires. This study examines whether PCC practices promote satisfaction with QOL and quality of ca...

JAMDA

February 29, 2024

One Month Prediction of Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Home Residents with Bayesian Networks

Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a common and avoidable condition among residents of nursing homes, and their consequences are severe. Reliable and simple identification of high-risk residents is a major challenge for prevention. Available tools like the Braden and Norton scale have imperfect predictive performan...

JAMDA

September 16, 2025

Association of Language Barriers and Depression Among Latino and Non-Latino White US Nursing Home Residents

Despite recent demographic shifts, little is known about the association between race/ethnicity, language barriers, and mental health among US nursing home residents. We aimed to quantify the relationship between Spanish language barriers and depression in US nursing homes.