In 2017, 15.3% of the US population 65 years of age and older were hospitalized, as were 22.1% of those 85 years of age and older.1 Given that there are 49 million persons 65 and older, and 6.5 million persons 85 and older,2 these numbers correspond...
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.10.031 ) “Predicting Future Health Transitions Among Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents With Heart Failure”.
In the 2008 Olympics, both the US women's and men's relay teams were the top qualifiers for the finals. However, both teams dropped the baton at the hand-off, and they lost the race.1
Few studies have analyzed factors associated with delirium subtypes. In this study, we investigate factors associated with subtypes of delirium only in patients with dementia to provide insights on the possible prevention and treatments.
The Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical Quality, and Improving Symptoms: Transforming Institutional Care (OPTIMISTIC) project led to significant decreases in potentially avoidable hospitalizations of long-stay nursing facility residents...
We thank doctors Dharmarayan and Yoo for their comments on our article.1 In line with the literature and our results, they found a substantial lack of consistency among the results of different formulas estimating renal function by investigating a...
Due to the COVID1-19 pandemic, on March 4, 2020, CMS has temporarily suspended surveys for certain non-emergent issues. However, inspectors will still be able to able to address safety issues such as infection control and abuse. The medical director...
A staggering 7.5 million older adults were hospitalized in 2017 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, http://bit.ly/39Zycoc; Administration for Community Living, 2017, http://bit.ly/3a1zijp ), including 1.5 million of the oldest old...
