Caring for the Ages
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JAMDA
December 14, 2021
Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: Implementation and Dissemination Challenges and Opportunities
Randomized controlled trials are considered the most rigorous research design in efficacy and effectiveness research; however, such trials present numerous challenges that limit their applicability in real-world settings. As a consequence, pragmatic trials are increasingly viewed as a research design that ...
JAMDA
February 22, 2022
Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: Research Challenges and Potential Solutions in Relation to Key Areas of Care
As a method of research, pragmatic trials are recommended so as to generate results that are applicable to real-world care. This intent is especially important for the millions of older adults who receive long-term care in thousands of nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country—and ma...
JAMDA
February 25, 2016
PRASS: Patient Risk Assessment and Stratification Screening Tool (PRASS): A Novel Tool in Transitional Care
Caring for the Ages
April 28, 2017
Preconditions for Successful Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes
JAMDA
December 8, 2023
Predicting 60-Day Mortality in a Home-Care Service: Development of a New Inter-RAI 49-Frailty Index in Patients with Chronic Disease and without a Cancer Diagnosis
Frailty Index (FI) is used to define the level of frailty in various clinical settings. Fifteen- and 26-item FIs have been demonstrated to predict 1-year mortality and intensity of care in home care (HC) and palliative home care (PHC). The objective of this study was to develop a new FI to predict the 60-d...
JAMDA
October 24, 2015
Predicting Adverse Health Outcomes in Nursing Homes: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study and Development of the FRAIL-Minimum Data Set (MDS) Quick Screening Tool
To examine the predictive validity of a quick frailty screening tool, the FRAIL-NH, for adverse health outcomes in nursing home residents, using variables from the Minimum Data Set (MDS). The screening items were compiled from the MDS for potential direct application in long-term care facilities using this...
JAMDA
March 13, 2014
Predicting All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality by Static and Dynamic Measurements of Allostatic Load: A 10-Year Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan
To evaluate the role of allostatic load (AL), either static or dynamic measurements, in predicting all-cause and cause-specific mortality of older people in Taiwan.
JAMDA
May 17, 2019
Predicting Cognitive and Functional Trajectories in People With Late-Onset Dementia: 2 Population-Based Studies
Previous studies have shown large heterogeneity in the progression of dementia, both within and between patients. This heterogeneity offers an opportunity to limit the global and individual burden of dementia through the identification of factors associated with slow disease progression in dementia. We exp...
JAMDA
August 27, 2020