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Studies show that in nursing homes (NHs), the prevalence of moderate-to-severe obesity has doubled in the last decade and continues to increase. Obese residents are often complex and costly, and this increase in prevalence has come at a time when NHs struggle to decrease hospitalizations, particularly thos...

JAMDA

June 10, 2025

Obesity and Malnutrition: A Recipe for Disaster

JAMDA

January 16, 2014

Obesity and Physical Frailty in Older Adults: A Scoping Review of Lifestyle Intervention Trials

Many frail older adults are thin, weak, and undernourished; this component of frailty remains a critical concern in the geriatric field. However, there is also strong evidence that excessive adiposity contributes to frailty by reducing the ability of older adults to perform physical activities and increasi...

Caring for the Ages

June 28, 2017

NYSPALTC Webinar: Geriatric Emergency Department: A new model of care for older adults

NYSPALTC Webinar: New nursing home medical director regulations; What do they mean for you?

NYSPALTC Webinar: Supporting ESRD Patients in LTC and AL Facilities: Addressing Barriers to Care and Reducing Hospitalizations and Readmissions

O96 - House of Delegates Reference Committee

OARSI: Chronic Conditions Complicate Osteoarthritis Treatment

Obama 2015 Budget Would Extend Medicaid Pay Bump

Obesity among Nursing Home Residents: Association with Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations

Obesity and Malnutrition: A Recipe for Disaster

Obesity and Physical Frailty in Older Adults: A Scoping Review of Lifestyle Intervention Trials

Obesity Burden in US Challenges SNFs

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