Prior to the mid-20th century, there were no effective biological approaches available to help manage psychiatric disorders. Since that time, psychiatry has shifted course and psychotropic medication use in the United States and elsewhere has...
Sarcopenia is common in patients with stroke and may increase the risk of medical complications such as infection. However, assessing sarcopenia in stroke patients with consciousness disturbance, aphasia or severe paralysis is challenging. This...
Program of All-Inclusive Care (PACE) organizations faced unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly given PACE participants are frail older adults who often live with multiple disabilities and chronic conditions. This study...
Hospital admission in older adults is associated with unwanted outcomes such as readmission, institutionalization, and functional decline. To reduce these outcomes, the Netherlands introduced an alternative to hospital-based care: the Acute...
To assess the prevalence of potentially avoidable transfers (PAT) and identify factors associated with these transfers to emergency departments (EDs) among nursing home (NH) residents.
We studied the nutritional status of older adult adults receiving home nursing care using demographic data, household category, polypharmacy, and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs).
