Caring for the Ages
October 31, 2023
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JAMDA
August 5, 2015
Optimizing Eating Performance for Long-Term Care Residents With Dementia: Testing the Impact of Function-Focused Care for Cognitively Impaired
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a well-developed theory-based function-focused care for cognitively impaired (FFC-CI) intervention on eating performance among long-term care (LTC) residents with moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment.
JAMDA
October 29, 2025
Optimizing Long-Term Facility Staffing With Artificial Intelligence: Aligning Care With Needs and Resources
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced a staffing regulation requiring Medicare- and Medicaid-certified long-term care facilities to provide a minimum of 3.48 nursing hours per resident day and ensure that a registered nurse is on-site at all times. Although intended to improve...
Caring for the Ages
July 28, 2021
Optimizing Medical Director Performance in an Ever More Challenging Environment
JAMDA
April 27, 2023
Optimizing Osteoporosis Intervention After Fragility Fracture in Post-Acute Long-Term Care
JAMDA
October 25, 2019
Optimizing Practices, Use, Care and Services–Antipsychotics (OPUS-AP) in Long-term Care Centers in Québec, Canada: A Strategy for Best Practices
Antipsychotic medications are often used for the first-line management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) contrary to guideline recommendations. The Optimizing Practices, Use, Care and Services–Antipsychotics (OPUS-AP) strategy aims to improve the well-being of long-term care (LTC)...
JAMDA
January 21, 2022
Optimizing Practices, Use, Care, and Services–Antipsychotics (OPUS-AP) in Long-Term Care Centers in Quebec, Canada: A Successful Scale-Up
To evaluate the scale-up of the OPUS-AP program to improve the care of residents at long-term care (LTC) centers through the systematic implementation of resident-centered approaches to care, the application of nonpharmacologic interventions for the management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of de...
JAMDA
February 19, 2015
Optimizing Prescribing of Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care (OPAL)
JAMDA
September 23, 2019
Optimizing Prescribing of Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care (OPAL): A Stepped-Wedge Trial
Inappropriate antipsychotic prescribing is a key quality indicator by which clinical outcomes might be monitored and improved in long-term care (LTC), but limited evidence exists on the most effective strategies for reducing inappropriate antipsychotic use.
JAMDA
November 26, 2019
Optimizing Quality of Life With Cognitive Impairment: A Study of End-of-Life Care in Assisted Living
Assisted living (AL) is an expanding site of end-of-life (EOL) care in the United States. Understanding determinants of quality of life (QoL) for AL residents near EOL is vital to optimize care for this growing population, most of whom have some degree of cognitive impairment (CI). This analysis aimed to i...
