The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had an extraordinary impact on health, health care, medical sciences, and many aspects of scientific research. Post-acute and long-term care organizations were especially impacted and rapidly became...
Effective halting of outbreaks in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) depends on the earliest recognition of cases. We assessed confirmed COVID-19 cases at an SNF impacted by COVID-19 in the United States to identify early indications of COVID-19...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an infodemic as an “overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that occurs during an epidemic. It spreads between humans in a similar manner to an epidemic, via digital and physical...
Many studies describing an association of drugs with falls focus mostly on drugs acting in the central nervous system. We aim to analyze the association of all drugs taken with falls in older adults.
Orthostatic hypotension, characterized by delayed blood pressure (BP) recovery after standing, is a risk factor for falls but the longitudinal relationship with fracture is not yet known. The aim of this study was to examine the prospective risk of...
Explore community- and resident-level characteristics associated with polypharmacy and use of cognition-enhancing, antipsychotic, and opioid medications among a statewide representative sample of assisted living and residential care (AL/RC)...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionally affected frail, older adults residing in nursing homes (NHs). The pandemic triggered many negative consequences beyond physical health, including social isolation, loneliness, and...
Green House and other small nursing home (NH) models are considered “nontraditional” due to their size (10–12 beds), universal caregivers, and other home-like features. They have garnered great interest regarding their potential benefit to limit...
To assess changes in the mobility of staff between nursing homes in Ontario, Canada, before and after enactment of public policy restricting staff from working at multiple homes.
