Tag: Nursing Homes / Elder Care
Majority of Those in Residential Care Have Advance Directives
Geographical differences seen, with percentage of residents with directives ranging from 65% to 88%
U.S. Nursing Home Costs Due to Diabetes Vary Greatly by State
Per-person diabetes-attributable costs ranged from $374 in New Mexico to $1,610 in Washington, D.C.
Determining ‘Avoidability’ of Nursing Home Transfers Complex
Patients' symptoms, risk conditions found to be only weakly predictive of hospital diagnoses
Hand Hygiene Program Tied to Lower Nursing Home Mortality
Multifaceted program associated with lower mortality, antibiotic prescriptions over one year
Quality of Perceived Hospice Care Varies by Setting
Family members perceive hospice care received at nursing homes to be of lower quality
Confusion Common in Seniors Prescribed Antibiotics for UTI
Confusion independently associated with receipt of antibiotics for UTI in nursing home residents
Doctors Increasingly Becoming ‘Nursing Home Specialists’
Number of generalist physicians billing for nursing home care up 15.6 percent from 2012 to 2015
Secondary Prevention Meds Often Not Started Post-AMI in Seniors
More than a third of older nursing home residents did not start medication after myocardial infarction
3MR Intervention Effective for Discontinuing Inappropriate Meds
Multidisciplinary Multistep Medication Review is effective for use in frail nursing home residents
Staff Training Intervention Doesn’t Impact Fall Prevention
Complexity science-based staff training has no impact on falls program in nursing homes
