More than 50% of nursing home residents experience some degree of cognitive impairment. The Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) has been used as part of the Minimum Data Set 3.0 to screen nursing home residents for cognitive impairment. The...
The purpose of this pilot is to evaluate the usefulness of after-hours calls to covering clinicians for post-acute care (PAC) admission order verification. Our health system in northern New Jersey supports 8 PAC facilities in 3 counties. A team of 9...
COVID-19 or 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is found to be highly transmissible in the nursing facilities. COVID-19 infection may cause long-term neurologic and neuropsychiatric complications including cognitive decline. The purpose of this...
Alzheimer's dementia (AD) patients have a higher incidence of hip fractures compared to other older adults. Dementia and hip fractures are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. There has been evidence to show that there may be a...
In 2015, the number of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) cases in the world was 44 million. This number is anticipated to double by 2030. As per the center for disease control (CDC), AD counts as the number 6 cause of death in the United States. AD is a...
Dance therapy harnesses the inherently healing nature of dance for the development of interpersonal psychosocial and physical integration of the self. It is a commonly utilized non-pharmacologic treatment modality for older adults with dementia...
Fall injuries are the most common cause of non-fatal injuries in the geriatric population in nursing homes in the United States. Poor sleep may increase the risk of falls in nursing homes, and more than 80% of nursing home residents are older than...
Behavioral and social research has stressed the importance of multi-domain lifestyle interventions to prevent, delay, or remedy age-related cognitive decline among older adults at high risk for dementia. Recently there has been an increasing...
In New Mexico, hospitalizations for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) have increased, even above the rising national average for these patients. Across the nation, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) do not routinely admit patients on...
The aim is to decrease emergency room visits and possible hospitalization for residents in our assisted living facility (ALF) who have a moderate Well’s Criteria score for DVT (deep venous thrombosis), thereby also reducing resident health burden...
