The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nursing Home Compare (NHC) serves as the most comprehensive repository of Medicaid- and/or Medicare-certified nursing homes providing services to approximately 1.4 million US residents. A gap in the...
Sarcopenia is a common geriatric syndrome, whose diagnosis implies the assessment of muscle mass. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the reference method for clinical practice, but it is not universally available. We compared DXA with 2...
Medication-induced hyposalivation can increase the risk for oral complications, including dental caries and tooth loss. This problem is particularly important in people with dementia because of their declining ability to maintain oral care. The...
In the response letter concerning our recent article, we appreciate seeing the constructive viewpoints on how we should implement the receptive music therapy. We also spent time investigating the format of delivery, including the type of music...
We have very much appreciated the article entitled “Receptive Music Therapy Is More Effective Than Interactive Music Therapy to Relieve Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” by Tsoi et al1 and the...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Mark E. Williams, MD, CMD, doesn’t back away from challenges. In fact, he seems to relish them. Providing quality care for his patients is his incentive, and the results have been impressive. In three years, he...
To explore comparability of Kihon Checklist (KCL) and Kaigo-Yobo Checklist (KYCL) to Frailty Index (FI) in predicting risks of long-term care insurance (LTCI) certification and/or mortality over 3 years.
This study examined the association between the administration of drugs to the wrong nursing home residents with a need for hospital treatment or as an indicator of mortality.
To state the obvious: impactful research in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) addresses topics important for practice, policy, and research now and in the future, using sound data and rigorous analytic methods.
