A new award that recognizes especially impactful research in post-acute and long-term care goes to an Australian clinician-scientist who has dedicated her career to inspiring seniors living in rural elder communities to transform their lives through...
Virtually every society worldwide is seeing a growth in the number and proportion of older persons in its population. As growth occurs, medical care resources must be increasingly dedicated to prevention, detection, and management of chronic...
We are witnessing rapid changes in the US health system in response to the growing elder population. Value-based care, population health, regulatory reform for skilled nursing facilities, and the growth of community-based options like hospital at...
The worldwide ageing revolution has put rehabilitation for older patients high on the agenda of both health care policy and research. Two major policies in many developing countries, ageing in place and reducing hospital stay, which particularly...
To understand physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) staffing levels in nursing homes and to examine their relationship with quality of care.
Discharge to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is common in patients with heart failure (HF). It is unknown whether the transition from SNF to home is risky for these patients. Our objective was to study outcomes for the 30 days after discharge from...
