Epidemiologic studies are a powerful tool for scientific societies to promote physical activity implementation among older adults. They clarify the type, intensity, duration, and frequency needed to induce health benefits.1 Some studies reported...
To examine whether neighborhood green space was related to frailty risk longitudinally and to examine the relative contributions of green space, physical activity, and individual health conditions to the frailty transitions.
Falls prevention is an international priority, and residents of long-term aged care fall approximately 3 times more often than community dwellers. There is a relative scarcity of published trials in this setting.
To describe a feasible quality improvement system to manage feeding assistance care processes in an assisted living facility (ALF) that provides dementia care and the use of these data to maintain the quality of daily care provision and prevent...
The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases among nursing home residents is high but little is known whether pharmacologic therapy recommended by actual medication guidelines is followed by facility's staff.
To investigate the ability of the fatigue, resistance, ambulation, incontinence or illness, loss of weight, nutritional approach, and help with dressing (FRAIL-NH) tool to predict mortality.
To examine whether neighborhood green space was related to frailty risk longitudinally and to examine the relative contributions of green space, physical activity, and individual health conditions to the frailty transitions.
Nursing home research conducted outside the United States has increased in recent years, and leaders of AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine are looking for ways to capitalize on what they say is an international hunger for...
The Society has established an innovative new Practice Group Network (PGN) to advocate for policies that promote post-acute and long-term care practices that serve the nation’s frail, elderly, and disabled populations. Specifically, it will focus on...
