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Geriatric Conditions and Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly Hospitalized Patients
Abstract: Objectives: To investigate the relationship between clinical conditions typically observed in the geriatric patients (geriatric conditions) and adverse drug reactions in older patients admit...

Light Therapy for Seniors in Long Term Care
Abstract: Objectives: To investigate the effects of light therapy on cognition, depression, sleep, and circadian rhythms in a general, nonselected population of seniors living in a long term care faci...

The Use of Data for Process and Quality Improvement in Long Term Care and Home Care: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Abstract: Background: Standardized resident or client assessments, including the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI), have been available in long term care and home care settings (continuing care sec...

This Month in Caring for the Ages

Residents Are Tuning Into Health and Social Technology

The information-technology wave is hitting long-term care facilities, and residents are starting to enjoy the ride. In fact, facilities are beginning to encourage residents’ personal interest in technology as part of the effort to improve their health and lives. Read more here

Psychotropic Drug Consumption at Admission and Discharge of Nursing Home Residents
24 January 2012
Yves Rolland, Sandrine Andrieu, Anne Crochard, Sylvia Goni, Christophe Hein, Bruno Vellas
Abstract: Objectives: To quantify transitions of residents into or out of nursing homes (NHs) and to describe psychotropic drug prescription at admission and discharge and with regard to dementia diag...
Improving Care of Older Adults with Dementia: Description of 6299 Hospitalizations over 11 Years in a Special Acute Care Unit
24 January 2012
Maria E. Soto, Sandrine Andrieu, Hélène Villars, Marion Secher, Virginie Gardette, Nicola Coley, Fati Nourhashemi, Bruno Vellas
Abstract: Objective: To describe hospitalizations in a Special Acute Care inpatient Unit for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other related disorders. Design: An 11-year observational st...
Anemia in the Nursing Homes: A Complex Issue
20 January 2012
John E. Morley
“All the soarings in my mind begin in my blood.” Rainer Maria Rilke Wartime Letters, 1921
Quality-of-Care Processes in Geriatric Assessment Units: Principles, Practice, and Outcomes
12 January 2012
Marie-Jeanne Kergoat, Judith Latour, Paule Lebel, Bernard-Simon Leclerc, Nicole Leduc, François Béland, Katherine Berg, Nancy Presse, Anaïs Tanon, Aline Bolduc
Abstract: Objectives: To assess quality-of-care processes and to examine whether care processes are associated with short-term postdischarge outcomes in older vulnerable hospitalized patients. Design:...
Prognosis of an Abnormal One-Leg Balance in Community-Dwelling Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease: A 2-Year Prospective Study in 686 Patients of the REAL.FR Study
09 January 2012
Sandrine Sourdet, Gabor AbellanVan Kan, Maria Eugenia Soto, Matthieu Houles, Christelle Cantet, Fati Nourhashemi, Bruno Vellas, Marco Pahor, Yves Rolland
Abstract: Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the predictive value of an abnormal one-leg balance (OLB) test for functional decline, nursing home admission, and mortality in community-dwe...

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Impact of Medical Director Certification on Nursing Home Quality of Care
July 2009 (Vol. 10 | No. 6 | Pages 431-435)
Frederick N. Rowland, Mick Cowles, Craig Dickstein, Paul R. Katz
Objective: This study tests the research hypothesis that certified medical directors are able to use their training, education, and knowledge to positively influence quality of care in US nursing home...
Beyond the Medical Model: The Culture Change Revolution in Long-Term Care
July 2009 (Vol. 10 | No. 6 | Pages 370-378)
E. Foy White-Chu, William J. Graves, Sandra M. Godfrey, Alice Bonner, Philip Sloane
Culture change in long-term care facilities involves a shift in philosophy and practice from an overemphasis on safety, uniformity, and medical issues toward resident-directed, consumer-driven health ...
An Overview of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Its Importance: How Much Do We Really Know?
January 2011 (Vol. 12 | No. 1 | Pages 19-21)
Seema Siraj
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a clinical triad of gait disturbance, dementia, and urinary incontinence combined with radiographic findings of ventriculomegaly and laboratory findings of norma...
Collaborative and Supervisory Relationships Between Attending Physicians and Advanced Practice Nurses in Long-Term Care Facilities
January 2011 (Vol. 12 | No. 1 | Pages 12-18)
American Medical Directors Association ad hoc Work Group on the Role of the Attending Physician and Advanced Practice Nurse
Recent years have seen an increased interest and use of advanced practice nurses in long-term care. Models of best practices of supervision and collaboration have been promulgated by many organization...
Alzheimer’s Disease: Future Treatments
January 2011 (Vol. 12 | No. 1 | Pages 1-7)
John E. Morley
Alzheimer’s disease has become a modern epidemic affecting more than 5 million persons in the United States and at least 30 million around the world. It accounts for nearly 60% of the causes of all pe...

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