Post-acute and long-term care patients are at increased risk for COVID-19 morbidity and mortality due to frailty, significant functional limitations, and the presence of more chronic and complex conditions than most community-dwelling older adults...
As a geriatrician working in a long-term care facility, I realized early on that if there was an outbreak of COVID-19 with my older patients, there was a high possibility of poor outcomes. With all of the data showing most COVID-19 mortality in...
To provide policy recommendations for managing Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) in skilled nursing facilities, a group of certified medical directors from several facilities in New York state with experience managing the disease used e-mail, phone, and...
As the world's population ages and services for older persons occupy an increasing share of governmental resources, it has become increasingly urgent to understand and address the needs of this growing demographic.1 Of particular interest are older...
Assess the potential benefits of identifying drug-gene interactions in nursing home (NH) residents on multiple medications. Reduce the use of high-risk medications for residents with reduced drug metabolism.
Older adults account for a significant portion of Canadian immigrants, yet characteristics and health outcomes of older immigrants in nursing homes have not been studied. We aimed to describe the prevalence of immigrants living in nursing homes,...
