The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases among nursing home residents is high but little is known whether pharmacologic therapy recommended by actual medication guidelines is followed by facility's staff.
To investigate the ability of the fatigue, resistance, ambulation, incontinence or illness, loss of weight, nutritional approach, and help with dressing (FRAIL-NH) tool to predict mortality.
To examine whether neighborhood green space was related to frailty risk longitudinally and to examine the relative contributions of green space, physical activity, and individual health conditions to the frailty transitions.
Nursing home research conducted outside the United States has increased in recent years, and leaders of AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine are looking for ways to capitalize on what they say is an international hunger for...
The Society has established an innovative new Practice Group Network (PGN) to advocate for policies that promote post-acute and long-term care practices that serve the nation’s frail, elderly, and disabled populations. Specifically, it will focus on...
Older individuals who are caregivers have a shorter recovery following hip fracture than those individuals who are not, according to results from a study in Switzerland.
Joanne Kaldy, a contributing writer for Caring for the Ages and daughter of a nursing home resident, talks about abuse and neglect and how to prevent them.
Efforts to reduce hospitalizations often focus on identifying specific clinical conditions that contribute to hospitalizations, particularly those that are considered potentially preventable. Potentially preventable hospitalizations result from...
A new report paints a grim picture of the future for skilled nursing facilities outside the elite high-performing ranks. Trends suggest even the typical SNF may have experienced a negative operating margin in 2017 — a far cry from the healthy income...
