Hospital admission in older adults is associated with unwanted outcomes such as readmission, institutionalization, and functional decline. To reduce these outcomes, the Netherlands introduced an alternative to hospital-based care: the Acute...
To assess the prevalence of potentially avoidable transfers (PAT) and identify factors associated with these transfers to emergency departments (EDs) among nursing home (NH) residents.
We studied the nutritional status of older adult adults receiving home nursing care using demographic data, household category, polypharmacy, and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs).
Present analysis of the federal and state regulations that guide The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) operations and core clinical features for direction on behavioral health (BH).
The deadline for MIPS-eligible clinicians to apply for an Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) hardship exception is January 2, 2024. This application is relevant to the 2023 MIPS performance period, which will affect Medicare payments in...
There is substantial research on contributing factors to adverse events (AEs) in acute settings. Little is known about AEs in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Our aim was to identify contributing factors to AEs from LTCFs for older persons and...
The first goal of this study was to explore associations between functional dependence levels during activities of daily living (eg, functional mobility, eating, and toileting) before COVID-19 and presence of COVID-19 symptoms (eg, fever,...
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We identify factors associated with sustainment of an intervention (STAR-VA) to address distress behaviors in dementia (DBD), guided by the Organizational Memory Knowledge Reservoir (KR) framework, compared across 2 types of outcomes: (1) site...
This study investigated the relationship between statin use and dementia risk in older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). It also assessed the impact of various statin types, dosage intensity, and cumulative doses on dementia risk.
