We sought to describe national trends in hospitalization and post-acute care utilization rates in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health (HH) for both Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) beneficiaries, reaching up to the...
Most older adults with lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, transgender, and related identities (LGBTQ+) are concerned about receiving lower-quality care and/or being mistreated in nursing homes. Older LGBTQ+ veterans may have additional...
I read with great interest the article by Pan et al published in this journal.1 The authors reported the increased risk of dementia in younger patients with hyperlipidemia, which was observed in any types of dementia. The propensity score–matching...
Although older people in nursing homes have a larger susceptibility to infectious diseases, the extent to which infectious diseases contribute to their mortality is unknown. Therefore, we quantified the associations between seasonal infectious...
Navigating the evaluation and management of pain in long-term care homes is a complex task. Despite an extensive body of literature advocating for a paradigm shift in pain assessment and management within long-term care homes, much more remains to...
This study examines the perspectives of key stakeholders in home health toward Medicare's Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program, piloted among home health agencies (HHAs) in 9 states from 2016 to 2021, and based on initial performance,...
The affordability of health care is under pressure due to rising health care costs and increased care demands.1,2 Additionally, a shortage of health care professionals is expected to put further pressure on the health care system.3,4 These 2 factors...
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common in people with dementia. Aromatherapy may reduce the frequency and severity of BPSD. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to...
Digital gait biomarkers collected from body-worn devices can remotely and continuously collect movement types, quantity, and quality in real life. This study assessed whether digital gait biomarkers from a wrist-worn device could identify people...
To examine the influence of social disengagement and depressive symptoms on sleep disturbance among dementia caregiving dyads and the actor-partner interdependence nature of these influences.
