In residents with dementia living in a long-term care facility (LTCF), un(der)treated pain may trigger behavioral disturbances, mood syndromes, and deterioration of physical functioning and self-maintenance. Because these factors can have...
Conduct a needs assessment among post-acute and long-term care (PA-LTC) stakeholder groups to identify (1) research topics of highest priority and (2) perspectives on research, including concerns/barriers to conducting research in the PA-LTC setting.
References: April 18 webinar on PDPM Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative letter to CMS CMS response to Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative letter Core Curriculum on Medical Direction in PALTC Certified Medical...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will take effect on October 1. This not only represents a major change in how skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are reimbursed; it also will significantly impact the dynamic...
To examine the associations of multimorbidity patterns with health-related quality of life (HRQL) in rural-dwelling older adults in China, and to explore to what extent their associations were mediated by functional dependence and depressive...
Oral health is known to be associated with general health, but longitudinal relationships between oral health and general health indicators have not yet been fully explored in international research.
To evaluate the effect of clinical care pathways (CCPs) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical function following fragility fracture and identify the specific characteristics of CCPs that are associated with improved outcomes.
To describe the rate of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) and do-not-hospitalize (DNH) orders among residents newly admitted into long-term care homes. We also assessed the association between DNR and DNH orders with hospital admissions, deaths in hospital,...
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.09.036 ) “Improving Nursing Home Residents' Oral Hygiene: Results of a Cluster Randomized Intervention Trial”.
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The growing focus on the opioid crisis in the United States has post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners reexamining how these medications are used in this setting. Fortunately, there are contacts,...
