Functional decline during acute-care hospitalization is a critical challenge. While rehabilitation volume influences recovery, the role of organizational factors is less defined. We examined whether therapist-led ward-based management modifies the...
To evaluate the proportion, demographic characteristics, and care needs of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs).
Sedentary behavior is highly prevalent among older hospitalized patients across acute, subacute, and intermediate care settings and is associated with frailty and higher mortality, reinforcing the need for systematic mobilization and therapeutic...
Social determinants of health (SDH) are defined as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, including the broader forces shaping those conditions.1 These determinants—housing stability, social support, food access, and...
Recreational activities are crucial for enhancing the well-being of persons living with dementia (PLwD), yet designing and implementing high-quality activities impose substantial demands on recreational activity staff (hereafter, activity leaders)...
Falls remain a significant public health concern given both the person-level and system-level effects of experiencing a fall, namely decreased function, decreased intrinsic capacity, social isolation, and increased health care utilization. The World...
Post-acute and long-term care (PA/LTC) operates under sustained pressure from workforce shortages, multimorbidity, and a documentation burden implicated in clinician burnout.1 In 2026, the frontier large language model (LLM) landscape, led by Claude...
We thank Sati et al for their thoughtful letter regarding our study1 of concordance between the Minimum Data Set (MDS), version 3.0 I1500 item and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) laboratory values for identifying kidney impairment among...
We read with great interest the study by Radjabova et al,1 which evaluates concordance between the Minimum Data Set (MDS) I1500 item and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for identifying kidney impairment in nursing home residents. The...
To assess 30-day mortality, readmissions, and cost-effectiveness following implementation of a new postsurgical care pathway compared with usual care after hip fracture.
