Peter Olson and his wife, Wendy Stickel, came to Portland, OR, ten years ago with the desire to be closer to family in their retirement. After they had rented for a bit, a friend put them in touch with a group interested in starting a cohousing...
To examine if the quality of care in Appalachian nursing homes in metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas differs from those in non-Appalachian regions of the United States.
The Nursing Home Culture Change (NHCC) movement promotes a person- and relationship-centered approach and a small-scale, homelike model for NHs. The present study aimed to integrate the most recent empirical findings regarding the impact of NHCC on...
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a critical stage preceding incident dementia, but not all individuals with MCI progress to dementia and some revert to normal cognition. This study examined whether personality is associated with the probability of...
To assess whether neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) moderates the association between Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) and successful discharge to the community. In addition, to explore whether the role of neighborhood SES on...
To develop and externally validate a machine learning–based fall prediction model for ambulatory nursing home residents. The focus is on predicting fall occurrences within 6 months after baseline assessment through a binary classification task,...
Before 2019, the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) had incongruent response categories for rating cognitive impairment and activities of daily living (ADLs), hindering direct comparisons between nursing...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive and functional decline. Nearly all patients with AD develop neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs). Agitation is one of the most distressing and...
Family caregivers of older adults receiving home care often find themselves in situations in which they must make important and difficult decisions, which can cause conflict and regret. To tailor shared decision making in this context, we aimed to...
