Caring for the Ages
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JAMDA
July 29, 2020
Unmet and Unimportant Preferences Among Nursing Home Residents: What Are Key Resident and Facility Factors?
The Preferences Assessment Tool (PAT) in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 assesses 16 resident preferences for daily routines and activities. Although integrating important preferences into care planning is essential to provide person-centered care in nursing homes (NHs), preferences rated as important but u...
JAMDA
February 26, 2019
Unpacking Communication About End-of-Life Care: Resulting Recommendations
Caring for the Ages
October 31, 2023
Unpacking Geographic Health Disparities
JAMDA
August 15, 2023
Unplanned Hospital Visits and Poor Oral Health With Undernutrition in Nursing Home Residents
In 2021, the Japanese government began operating a long-term care (LTC) database called the Long-Term Care Information System for Evidence (LIFE). However, its utility has not been verified. Regarding unplanned hospital visits of nursing home residents, one of the challenges in LTC is that poor oral health...
JAMDA
April 28, 2015
Unplanned Transfer to Emergency Departments for Frail Elderly Residents of Aged Care Facilities: A Review of Patient and Organizational Factors
With an aging population, a growing number of older adults experience physical or cognitive decline that necessitates admission to residential aged care facilities (RACF). Each year a considerable proportion of these residents has at least 1 emergency transfer to hospital, which may result in a number of a...
Caring for the Ages
July 29, 2020
Unsafe Discharges: Ethics, Risk Reduction, and Obligations, Part 1
Caring for the Ages
September 24, 2020
Unsafe Discharges: Ethics, Risk Reduction, and Obligations, Part 2
Caring for the Ages
September 28, 2023
Unveiling the Shadows: Understanding and Addressing Suicide in Long-Term Care
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015