Behavioral health (BH) concerns are prevalent among residents (eg, depression, anxiety, and insomnia), family care partners (eg, depression and burden), and staff (eg, burnout and depression) in nursing home–based post-acute and subacute care,...
In what way the physical environment of nursing homes (NHs) influences the health and well-being of nursing residents is not well codified. The authors aimed to review scientifically based knowledge on this topic.
Anxiety, agitation, aggression, and other so-called “behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSDs)” are well-documented among nursing home residents living with dementia, and in many cases are the driver of nursing home admission.1,2...
“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body. This imprint has ongoing consequences for how the human organism manages to survive in...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues made headlines across the country in 2020, the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine was genuinely concerned. “We wondered how we could make a positive...
