Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has killed more than 1 million people worldwide since early 2020.1 Age is one of the main risk factors for death from coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).2 In France, a third of COVID-19...
Long-term care (LTC) residents, isolated because of the COVID-19 pandemic, are at increased risk for negative mental health outcomes. The purpose of our article is to demonstrate how the interRAI LTC facility (LTCF) assessment can inform clinical...
Our study examined the proportion of skilled nursing facility (SNF) post-acute care residents who did not receive timely primary care provider (PCP) services following discharge, factors associated with lack of timely PCP services, and factors...
Senderovich and Tsai1 provide a unique update on single, multifactorial, and multicomponent falls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older adults and long-term care (LTC) residents. Falls are an ongoing concern for older adults and...
The aim was to review evidence from all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using palliative care education or staff training as an intervention to improve nursing home residents' quality of life (QOL) or quality of dying (QOD) or to reduce...
The role of home healthcare (HHC) services in providing care to vulnerable, often frail individuals with chronic conditions is critical. Effective infection prevention and control (IPC) in HHC is essential to keeping both healthcare workers and...
To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, a nationwide restriction for all visitors of residents of long-term care facilities including nursing homes (NHs) was established in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was an exploration of dilemmas...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosts calls for certain types of organizations on an intermittent basis to provide targeted updates on the agency’s latest COVID-19 guidance. One to two leaders in the field also share best...
This week, the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar asking the agency to implement a set of recommendations to combat Alzheimer’s disease. In the letter...
