The Choosing Wisely campaign, founded by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, encourages patients and medical providers to have conversations on which clinical tests, treatments, and procedures are evidence-based and necessary, and...
This study examines the relationship between witnessing parental violence—a specific type of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)—and frailty in adulthood, employing a graded exposure measurement approach.
Alternative models of care are becoming increasingly popular. Clinical decision support (CDS) tools have been developed to assist clinicians in identifying older adults who may be safely directed to alternative care pathways. However, the...
Individuals with a history of stroke often face the risk of decreasing a wide range of social relationships and activities, including hobby engagement. Although hobby engagement has been reported to contribute to well-being across cultures, their...
To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic created obstacles for nursing home staff to communicate effectively with family members of residents and how administrators navigated new communication methods.
To describe trends in family physician (FP) attachment among assisted living (AL) residents and examine AL home-level characteristics associated with attachment and primary care visits.
Engagement in meaningful activities supports the well-being and quality of life of nursing home residents with dementia. This study evaluated the implementability of a toolkit to choose meaningful activities for residents with dementia.
Nursing home residents received updated monovalent SARS-CoV-2 vaccines to protect them from the most recently emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. We evaluated the extent and durability of clinical protection following receipt of the first monovalent KP.2...
In aggregate, state Medicaid programs spend more on home- and community-based services (HCBS) than institutional long-term services and supports (LTSS). However, there are well-established differences in LTSS use across states. Rural-urban variation...
