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March 1, 2018
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), a program designed to provide comprehensive and longitudinal care to community-based frail Veterans with complex, chronic care needs. The HBPC has been in existence for...
JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Medicare mandates report of standardized measures of function in post-acute care to inform reimbursement policies and monitor the quality of care. As a result, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) assess a patient’s level of assistance needed for...
JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Over the last several decades, state policymakers have experimented with policy changes and demonstration programs to rebalance long-term services and supports (LTSS) to more home and community-based services (HCBS) care delivery. Through...
JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Impaired awareness is a common feature in Korsakoff syndrome (KS), but it has hardly been studied. Without accurate awareness, KS patients may reluctant to accept care, and it may have adverse effects such as provoking challenging neuropsychiatric...
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March 1, 2018
There is paucity of research on the effects of obesity and its related comorbidities on the care of long-term Care (LTC) residents living in nursing facilities. There is a strong association between higher body mass index (BMI) and greater...
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March 1, 2018
The population of older US adults residing in assisted living facilities (ALFs) is growing, yet health data on this population is relatively sparse. We aimed to describe health outcomes of ALF residents in the greater Rochester, Minnesota area...
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March 1, 2018
The purpose of this randomized control trial (RCT) was to investigate the effects of a story-sharing intervention on older adults transitioning to long-term care (LTC). The specific aims were (1) to determine the effects of story sharing on the...
JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Though it is a well-known fact that older patients—particularly women, and particularly in nursing homes—can have bacterial colonization of their uroepithelial tract, an oft-used reflex when a patient has any change in condition—fever, mental status...
JAMDA
March 1, 2018
In September 2014, the White House developed a “National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria” that included enhancing antimicrobial stewardship in SN/LTCFs. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most frequently diagnosed...
JAMDA
March 1, 2018
Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) are centers that allow primary care to be delivered to veterans that are a long distance from a main Veterans Affairs (VA) campus. However, these CBOCs often do not have physicians who are trained in...