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Caring for the Ages
July 2, 2015
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Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015
Obama 2015 Budget Would Extend Medicaid Pay Bump
JAMDA
July 4, 2020
Obesity among Nursing Home Residents: Association with Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations
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
Obesity Burden in US Challenges SNFs
JAMDA
February 15, 2014
Obesity Can Benefit Survival—A 9-Year Prospective Study in 1614 Chinese Nursing Home Residents
Weight loss has been considered predictive of early mortality in nursing home residents. Lower body mass index, irrespective of weight loss, has also been considered detrimental for survival in community-dwelling older persons. We examined which of the 2 is more important for survival in nursing home resid...
JAMDA
September 21, 2017
Objective Measures of Activity in the Elderly: Distribution and Associations With Demographic and Health Factors
Little is known about the distribution of activity over the full 24-hour spectrum in late old age and its association with demographic and health factors. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the distribution of physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior, and sleep, and associated factors in the elderly populat...
JAMDA
September 15, 2020
Observation of Hand Hygiene Practices in Home Health Care
To describe nurse hand hygiene practices in the home health care (HHC) setting, nurse adherence to hand hygiene guidelines, and factors associated with hand hygiene opportunities during home care visits.
