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Prescribing and Deprescribing for Heart Failure

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2020
Optimizing heart failure therapies, including the newer angiotensin-receptor neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs), is critically important for older residents who have symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), said Meenakshi Patel,...

Transitions: The London Bridge of Health Care

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2020
Where is the London Bridge located? Do you know?

How to Increase Immunization Rates Among Residents and Staff

Spotlight
October 1, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Data shows that health care workers in long-term care (LTC) settings have the lowest vaccination rate of all care settings. This is of particular concern during the current pandemic, when the dual challenges of...

Relationship of Frailty Markers and Socioeconomic Status to Incidence of Depressive Symptoms in a Community Cohort

JAMDA
September 30, 2020
This study aimed to examine the relationship between frailty markers and socioeconomic status (SES) to incidence of depressive symptoms using a nationally representative sample of middle-age and older adults.

Cognitive Function Improvements Mediate Exercise Intervention Effects on Physical Performance in Acutely Hospitalized Older Adults

JAMDA
September 30, 2020
An individualized, multicomponent exercise program is effective to reverse the functional and cognitive decline that frequently occur during acute care hospitalization in older patients. The aim was to determine whether improvements in cognition...

Estimates of Geriatric Delirium Frequency in Noncardiac Surgeries and Its Evaluation Across the Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
September 30, 2020
Delirium is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with poor outcomes. Older adults undergoing surgery have a higher risk of manifesting perioperative delirium, particularly those having associated comorbidities. It remains unclear whether...

Evaluating Perspectives of Relatives of Nursing Home Residents on the Nursing Home Visiting Restrictions During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Dutch Cross-Sectional Survey Study

JAMDA
September 29, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused many nursing homes to prohibit resident visits to prevent viral spread. Although visiting restrictions are instituted to prolong the life of nursing home residents, they may detrimentally affect their...

Nursing Home and Market Factors and Risk-Adjusted Hospitalization Rates Among Urban, Micropolitan, and Rural Nursing Homes

JAMDA
September 29, 2020
Hospitalizations are common among long-stay nursing home (NH) residents, but the role of rurality in hospitalization is understudied. This study examines the relationships between rurality, NH, and market characteristics and NH quarterly risk-...

Factors That Predict 1-Year Incident Hip and Non-Hip Fractures for Home Care Recipients: A Linked-Data Retrospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
September 29, 2020
The purpose of our study was to identify factors that predict 1-year incident hip and major osteoporotic non-hip fractures (ie, wrist, spine, pelvis, humerus) for home care recipients while accounting for the competing risk of death.

Diagnostic Sensitivity of Nasopharyngeal RT-PCR in a Long-Term Care Home Outbreak

JAMDA
September 29, 2020
Since its emergence in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread across the world with unprecedented impacts globally. The mainstay of diagnosis remains reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction...