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Effects of a Personalized Music Intervention Among Older Adults with Dementia

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
According to the World Health Organization, dementia has quickly become a major public health issue worldwide, affecting an estimated 47.5 million people, with 7.7 million new cases every year. Dementia comprises a variety of behavioral and...

Condition-Specific SBAR Effect on Transfers, Hospitalizations, and 30-day Readmissions from Long-Term Care to Acute-Care

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
Ineffective communication between physicians and nurses leads to transfer of LTC residents to acute care, with up to 67% of resulting unplanned hospitalizations found to be avoidable. A generic SBAR tool, while available in many skilled nursing...

Comparing Results of a Multidisciplinary Therapy Stimulation Program with and without the Consultation of a Physiatrist and the Addition of Neurostimulant Medications.

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
This study sought to determine whether the consultation by a brain injury specialist and addition of neuro-stimulant medications to a multidisciplinary therapy stimulation program for coma emerging patients would enhance the coma recovery outcomes...

Comparing High Dose vs. Standard Dose Influenza Vaccine Efficacy in Flu Prevention within the Elderly Population in Acute Care and Long-Term Care

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
Influenza is a serious infection occurring on an annual basis. About 5-20% of Americans are affected each year with more than 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations. The elderly are among those at greatest risk for this infection, but have the...

Can SNF Patients be the CEO of their Health? Preliminary Findings of the Impact of a Person-Centered Care Model

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
Improve patient satisfaction and health through the implementation of a person-centered model of post-acute medical care in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF).

Appropriate Hospice Referral Can Reduce Readmit to Acute Hospital for Patients in Post-Acute-Care Rehabilitation

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
Readmission of patients to acute hospital after being discharged greatly impacts the medical resources of health care and challenges the quality and the effectiveness of continuity care. Objective: To identify whether the appropriate hospice...

An Adapted Hospital Elder Life Program to Prevent Delirium and Reduce Complications of Acute Illness in Long-Term Care (HELP-LTC)

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
Nursing home (NH) residents experience 2-4 acute medical conditions each year and have an incidence of delirium during these conditions that is similar to that of hospitalized older adults. Research on the prevention or treatment of delirium in the...

Acceptability of an Advance Directive That Limits Food and Liquids in Advanced Dementia

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
Some individuals fear living with advanced dementia and may even commit suicide if they receive dementia diagnosis. Living with advanced dementia could be prevented if a person who cannot feed himself or herself would not be fed by others. The...

Taking off the Gowns: Enforcement of Discontinuation Protocol to Minimize the Health Care Cost

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
The purpose of contact precaution is to prevent dissemination of the pathogen. In recent years, the standard protocols of imposing contact precaution were researched and practiced in nursing homes. The previous researches were mostly focused on when...

Successful Reduction of Sliding Scale Insulin

JAMDA
March 1, 2016
Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem in the United States. Patients with diabetes have significantly higher rates of mortality, morbidity, and higher health care costs. Among the common practices in long term care which has been targeted as...