In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' mandate for trauma-informed care (TIC) in long-term care (LTC) settings, issued in November 2019,1 our team developed and implemented a process to better identify residents' trauma...
Gaps in end-of-life (EOL) care for nursing home (NH) residents persist, with notable rural/urban differences and important variability in family availability across settings. We examined how rural vs urban settings and first-degree family structure...
Neurodegenerative diseases pose increasing challenges to aging societies, requiring medical care models that extend beyond hospital-centered services. This article summarizes the development and implementation of Taiwan's home-based medical care (...
We read with great interest the recent multisite study by Lynch et al1 examining dementia stage among hospitalized individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. With its large sample size and systematic data collection approach, the...
The number of people with dementia (PwD) being cared for in long-term care (LTC) facilities is rising. As this population grows, user-centered, innovative research to improve care practices and outcomes is critical. However, the extent to which...
Functional decline during acute-care hospitalization is a critical challenge. While rehabilitation volume influences recovery, the role of organizational factors is less defined. We examined whether therapist-led ward-based management modifies the...
To evaluate the proportion, demographic characteristics, and care needs of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs).
Sedentary behavior is highly prevalent among older hospitalized patients across acute, subacute, and intermediate care settings and is associated with frailty and higher mortality, reinforcing the need for systematic mobilization and therapeutic...
Social determinants of health (SDH) are defined as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, including the broader forces shaping those conditions.1 These determinants—housing stability, social support, food access, and...
Recreational activities are crucial for enhancing the well-being of persons living with dementia (PLwD), yet designing and implementing high-quality activities impose substantial demands on recreational activity staff (hereafter, activity leaders)...
