Bereaved informal care partners are at a risk of developing symptoms of prolonged grief, depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. This meta-analytic review investigated whether certain predeath psychological factors heighten these risks.
A reliable and valid assessment of advance care planning (ACP) implementation in nursing homes (NHs) remains a gap, which can be a hindrance for policymakers and researchers to holistically understand the current quality of ACP implementation and identify aspects for improvement. This paper therefore condu...
Despite the wide usage of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) neuropsychological battery for the detection of vascular cognitive impairment, its reliability and validity have not been established. Therefore, the present study established the p...
To examine the association between receipt of psychotherapy and behavior reduction among long-stay nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Anxiety and depression are major psychiatric nonmotor symptoms (NMSs) of Parkinson disease (PD). Although several studies have investigated the effects of psychotherapeutic interventions, particularly cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), for alleviating anxiety and depression in patients with PD, the findin...
Falling is a common and serious problem in the elderly. Previous studies suggest that the use of psychotropic drugs increases the risk of falling. However, the contribution of these drugs on fall risk has not been quantified on a daily basis among the general population of nursing homes until now.