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Rethinking Positive Coronavirus Results: Interpreting RT-PCR Testing in Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
August 2, 2021
A 66-year-old female nursing home resident with a history of advanced frontotemporal and vascular dementia [stage 7f on the Functional Assessment Staging Tool (FAST)] presented with fatigue, fever, anorexia, and tachypnea in the setting of a...

Association Between Dementia Care Programs in Assisted Living Facilities and Transitions to Nursing Homes in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study

JAMDA
August 2, 2021
We investigate whether older adults who were newly diagnosed with dementia (severity unspecified) and resided in an assisted living facility that offered a dementia care program had a lower rate of transition to a nursing home, compared to those who...

Protecting Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities From COVID-19: A Rapid Review of International Evidence

JAMDA
August 2, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the extreme vulnerability of older people and other individuals who reside in long-term care, creating an urgent need for evidence-based policy that can adequately protect these community members. This study...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
August 1, 2021

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JAMDA
August 1, 2021

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JAMDA
August 1, 2021

Editorial Board

JAMDA
August 1, 2021

Innovation and Quality Improvement: Safe or Sabotage in Nursing Homes?

JAMDA
August 1, 2021
High mortality among nursing home residents in the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of our current health care system and is inspiring conversations about how to transform nursing home care to improve quality of life and quality...

What Clinicians Need to Know About Measurement

JAMDA
August 1, 2021
The August issue of JAMDA features numerous articles that advance measurement in post-acute and long-term care. Measurement is of critical importance in clinical care: it matters for screening, assessing, predicting, treating, dosing, and monitoring...

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Caring for the Ages
August 1, 2021
Pioneer Network leadership shares tools and approaches to support culture change in assisted living. 10