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Narrative Based Medicine: QI Projects Demonstrating Resident Stories in PALTC

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
The aim is to illustrate Narrative Medicine (NM) as an approach to capture resident life stories in PALTC by showcasing 3 QI projects, occurring in different long term care facilities across 3 different states: RI, NC, and Maine. The positive impact...

Lessons Learned from Hurricane Idalia: Blueprint Smooth Transition Long-Term Care

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
The goal is to create an effective plan for relocating long-term care residents during natural disasters based on the experience of relocating 30 veterans to ensure their safety and well-being.

Interventions with Nursing Home Providers to Reduce Inappropriate Urine Culture

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
The aim is to increase awareness of McGeer’s Criteria among the Nursing Home Providers in a nursing facility, with the goal of decreasing inappropriate orders of urine cultures by 30% by January 2024.

Integration of Palliative Care in the Nursing Home

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
The aim is to better integrate palliative care into the nursing home to ensure residents receive timely goal concordant care and improve quality of life.

Increasing Student Engagement by Adapting Curriculum to Diverse Training Sites

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
To improve the nursing training curriculum within 1 year by understanding the challenges and limitations in geriatric training delivery to the diverse trainee groups and to provide geriatric educators with practical guidance with proposed strategies...

Improving Advance Healthcare Planning Documentation in Nursing Home Medical Records

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Our purpose was to increase rates of advance care planning (ACP) document retrieval and upload to the electronic medical records (EMR) for patients residing in a community nursing home over an 18-month period. We aimed for >85% compliance to have...

Implementing Structure Change: Preceptor Training Program in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Long-term care (LTC) has experienced pandemic-induced staffing shortages, requiring skilled preceptors to nurture competent direct-care staff. Implementing a structure change, a Preceptor Training Program (PTP), establishes an organized framework...

Implementing a Fall Prevention Program in a Dementia Care Unit

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
The purpose of this project was to reduce falls and fall-related injuries at a long-term care facility by fostering a safe environment. This project evaluated the feasibility and impact of staff education and hourly purposeful rounding on fall rates...

Focusing on New Prescriptions to Reduce Benzodiazepines in Older Adults

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
We initiated a program to decrease the usage of benzodiazepines (BDs) among older adults (OAs) in long-term care facilities (LTCs) by identifying and immediately discontinuing initial BD prescriptions. BD use is linked to adverse outcomes, including...

Examine the Impact of Intergenerational Volunteering on LTC Residents

JAMDA
May 1, 2024
The objective of this study is to examine the impact of college volunteers on the quality of life experienced by LTC residents.