Long-term services and supports for older persons in the United States are provided in a complex, racially segregated system, with striking racial disparities in access, process, and outcomes of care for residents, which have been magnified during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. These disparities ar...
Many older adults in long-term care (LTC) experience acute health crises but are at high risk of transfer distress and in-hospital morbidity and mortality. Residents often complete advance directives (ADs) regarding future care wishes, including directives for hospital transfers. This study aims to estimat...
To assess adherence to personal protective equipment (PPE) use among home care workers during usual care at the agency level during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and determine whether agency-level action toward infection prevention and control (IPC) is associated with adherence to PPE use.