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...
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...
Falls prevention occupies a dominant position in nursing home quality oversight. What has received far less scrutiny is whether the organizational response to this pressure may itself generate harm through systematic mobility restriction. We write...
To assess the frequency of missed diagnoses and their association with mortality and care escalation among older adults socially admitted to hospital after low-energy trauma.
California conducts audits of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to ensure required staffing levels. We examined facility characteristics associated with failing these staffing audits, trends before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of...
To systematically identify and synthesize the current evidence on the psychological impact of e-mental health interventions among informal caregivers of people living with dementia (PLWD).
