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A Framework for Supporting Post-acute Care Transitions of Older Patients With Hip Fracture

JAMDA
March 6, 2019
Improving care transitions is of critical importance for older patients, especially those with complex care needs. Our study examined the “Transitions of Care” (ToC) of complex, post-acute older adults at multiple time points. The objective of this...

Nursing Home Staff Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Quality Improvement Intervention

JAMDA
March 6, 2019
Quality improvement (QI) may be a promising approach for staff to improve the quality of care in nursing homes. However, little is known about the challenges and facilitators to implementing QI interventions in nursing homes. This study examines...

Risk of 30-Day Hospital Readmission Among Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities: Development and Validation of a Risk-Prediction Model

JAMDA
March 6, 2019
Patients discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for post-acute care have a high risk of hospital readmission. We aimed to develop and validate a risk-prediction model to prospectively quantify the risk of 30-day hospital readmission at the...

Rethinking the Relationship Between Spatiotemporal Gait Variables and Dementia: A Prospective Study

JAMDA
March 6, 2019
The gait variables that are related to the risk of incident dementia have not yet been clarified. To examine whether quantitative gait variables can predict incident dementia in older adults.

Nursing Home Characteristics Associated With Implementation of an Advance Care Planning Video Intervention

JAMDA
March 6, 2019
Advance care planning (ACP) is important to ensure that nursing home (NH) residents receive care concordant with their goals. Video interventions have been developed to improve the process of ACP. Yet, little is known about which NH characteristics...

Hospital Care of Older Patients With COPD: Adherence to International Guidelines for Use of Inhaled Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids

JAMDA
March 6, 2019
We aimed to analyze the prevalence and impact of COPD in older patients hospitalized in internal medicine or geriatric wards, and to investigate adherence to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines, associated...

Association of Body Fat With Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression in Nonagenarians: The Mugello Study

JAMDA
March 6, 2019
The association of body fat with health status and depression in the oldest old is still debated. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to investigate the association of body fat with health-related quality of life and depression in a sample of...

Pain in Older Australians Seeking Aged Care Services: Findings From the Registry of Older South Australians (ROSA)

JAMDA
March 6, 2019
Pain is a common symptom of many illnesses that affect older adults and often has a harmful impact such as reduced physical function.1 In Australia, 28% to 61% residents of aged care homes report pain,2–4 but these estimates are from studies with...

Clinical Alerts
March 5, 2019
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Trajectory of Physical Functioning Among Persons Living With HIV in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
March 4, 2019
To examine the change in physical functional status among persons living with HIV (PLWH) in nursing homes (NHs) and how change varies with age and dementia.