A nursing home social worker knew it was going to be a challenging day when she arrived at work to find an ambulance at the front door and a hearse at the back. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had struck. This spring's pandemic has forced a new...
COVID-19 has created unique challenges for societies and health care organizations globally. The pandemic has placed our older adults at a formidable risk, because age is the most significant risk factor for severe morbidity and mortality.1–4...
The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating post-acute and long-term care (PA/LTC). As geriatricians practicing in PA/LTC and a regional academic medical center, we created this program for collaboration between academic medical centers and regional PA/LTC...
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many older people across the world are being asked to self-isolate to protect their health. This has led to a rapid reconfiguration of health promotion services, which are diverse in focus, and may include exercise...
Falls and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are common among long-term care residents with cognitive impairment. Despite the high prevalence of falls and NPS, little is known about their association. The aim of our study was to explore how NPS,...
The quality of life (QoL) in nursing home (NH) patients with dementia is threatened by neuropsychiatric symptoms. This may trigger the use of psychotropic drugs, yet it is unknown if this practice improves the QoL. We investigated the association...
Four decades ago, my parents were not permitted to hold their dying infant because they were “visitors” to the intensive care unit. I learned from them that our health care policies sometimes carry huge human costs. As a geriatrician and medical...
As of April 29, 2020, more than 3 million COVID-19 cases and 217,183 associated deaths have been counted worldwide.1 Entire national populations are still under restrictive measures for social distancing and self-isolation. Encouragingly, recent...
