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May 14, 2019
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JAMDA
August 21, 2019
Hospital Influenza Admissions as a Harbinger for Nursing Home Influenza Cases
To determine temporal associations of local measures of influenza morbidity and mortality by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with influenza hospitalizations in nursing home residents.
JAMDA
November 29, 2019
Antibiotic Stewardship in European Nursing Homes: Experiences From the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Sweden
Antibiotics are among the most widely prescribed drugs in long-term care facilities, which highlights the importance of antibiotic stewardship (ABS) in this setting. In this article, we describe the experiences with ABS in nursing homes (NHs) from the perspective of 4 European countries: the Netherlands, N...
JAMDA
October 23, 2014
Clinical Update on Nursing Home Medicine: 2014
This is the eighth yearly update on clinical care in the nursing home. Topics covered this year are heart failure, delirium, nutrition, hospice, diabetes mellitus, frailty, and sarcopenia.
JAMDA
October 23, 2014
Factors Related to Psychotropic Drug Prescription for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
The objective of this study is to explore factors that elucidate reasons for psychotropic drug (PD) prescription for neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in nursing home (NH) residents with dementia.
JAMDA
October 3, 2014
Potentially Inappropriate Drug Prescribing and Associated Factors in Nursing Homes
Polymedication is frequent in nursing home (NH) residents. This increases the risk of potentially inappropriate drug prescribing (PIDP), which can lead to adverse drug events, such as falls and hospitalization.
JAMDA
May 27, 2014
Management and Outcomes of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Nursing Home Versus Community-Dwelling Older Patients: A Propensity Matched Study
The influence of admission source (nursing home [NH] versus community-dwelling) on treatment strategies and outcomes among elderly patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has not been investigated.
JAMDA
June 20, 2014
Immunogenicity and Safety of Intradermal Trivalent Influenza Vaccination in Nursing Home Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
To compare the immunogenicity and safety between full-dose (15 μg) intramuscular (IM) and full-dose (15 μg) intradermal (ID) immunization of the trivalent influenza vaccine in nursing home older adults.
JAMDA
May 1, 2014
Nursing Home Research: The First International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) Research Conference
The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics held its first conference on nursing home research in St Louis, MO, in November 2013. This article provides a summary of the presentations.
JAMDA
March 5, 2014