Nursing homes (NHs) are affected by major hurricanes and other natural disasters. To mitigate adverse effects of a major hurricane, NHs often increase their direct-care nurse staffing levels to meet the needs of their residents. However, the quality...
The recently developed Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) allows ascertainment of frailty from administrative data. We aimed to compare the HFRS against the widely used FRAIL Scale and Frailty Index.
To explore how physicians in Dutch nursing homes practiced advance care planning (ACP) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to explore whether and how ACP changed during the first wave of the pandemic.
At Harmony Pointe Nursing Center in Lakewood, CO, where about 30% of residents have a chronic, serious mental illness (SMI) such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, the staff receive training about mental illnesses and how to manage behaviors...
Approximately 15% of older adults in the United States live with a mental health condition, and 3% of older adults live with a serious mental illness (SMI). Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and recurrent major depression contribute significantly to...
The 2021 Carey Cowles Award goes to Joanne Kaldy, senior contributing writer at Caring, for “Not a Pizza Party: How to Help Frontline Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic” (Caring for the Ages 2020;22[1]:P19).
In Baltimore, a comprehensive health center for older people learned a valuable lesson when it tried to forge a connection with the surrounding community: the best route to win hearts may be through the stomach.
Internal medicine residents have common knowledge gaps in post-acute care (PAC) services and inconsistencies in communicating when referring patients for these services, according to a multisite study.
Gradual dosage reductions (GDRs) of psychotropic medications are required by federal guidelines in skilled nursing facilities. Equally important is the fact that GDRs are a crucial cornerstone of good clinical and pharmaceutical care. Thorough...
