The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) Program provides in-home interdisciplinary, comprehensive, longitudinal primary care for frail, chronically ill, or disabled veterans with complex medical, social, and...
Aging adults in the United States are living longer with health conditions. Examining the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for commonly seen health conditions in aging adults may help to inform healthcare providers and their patients, guide...
Constipation is a commonly prevalent condition and often a distressing digestive complaint. Left untreated, it may be associated with severe morbidity and occasionally in mortality. To determine 1) the correlation between patient’s complain of...
Falls in long-term care (LTC) facilities are a major safety and quality concern, and are considered a preventable cause of injury. The majority of falls occur among residents with moderate to severe dementia. A cascade of repeated falls, with or...
Post-acute care represents important rehabilitation and recuperation services delivered to Medicare beneficiaries after an acute care hospital stay. Of particular interest within the cohort of post-acute users are the frail older adult and other...
National trends indicate an increase in the amount and complexity of healthcare delivery in nursing homes (NH). As this care is provided in relatively limited resource settings, there is concern about the role NH play in the rise of antimicrobial...
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) all differ in their recommendations for hypertension management in older...
Many people with advanced dementia die in nursing homes. Family caregivers regularly judge quality of life as poor and may find it difficult to establish meaningful contact with their relative. The daily US Namaste Care program integrates...
Working in a nursing home can be stressful, and can result in compassion fatigue as staff encounter multiple demands, expectations, and requests by residents, patients, families and management. Risk factors of compassion fatigue include irritability...
‘High quality transitional care’ is the safe and efficient transfer of patient care across health settings. It is important not only to prevent harm but also to reduce unnecessary medical expense. Previous studies have found that medication...
