OBJECTIVE: Administrative health databases are increasingly used to conduct population-
based health research and surveillance; this has resulted in a corresponding growth in …

Background Evaluating different approaches to identifying frail home care clients at
heightened risk for adverse health outcomes is an important but understudied area. Our …

Importance Although β-blockers are a mainstay of treatment after acute myocardial infarction
(AMI), these medications are commonly not prescribed for older nursing home residents …

Background Self-care disability is dependence on others to conduct activities of daily living,
such as bathing, eating and dressing. Among long-term care residents, self-care disability …

Background: Opioids are an important pain therapy, but their use may be associated with
adverse events in frail and cognitively impaired long-term care residents. The objective of …

Background To improve care, planners require accurate information about nursing home
(NH) residents and their healthcare use. We evaluated how accurately measures of resident …

Background: This study is part of the Innovations in Data, Evidence and Applications for
Persons with Neurological Conditions project to understand the strengths, preferences, and …

Making Pragmatic Trials Pragmatic in Post-acute and Long-term Care Settings Making Pragmatic
Trials Pragmatic in Post-acute and Long-term Care Settings J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 …

Objective To determine the key classes of nursing home residents' nine-month pain
trajectories, the influence of residents' mental health disorders on membership in these …

Our primary focus in this chapter is to explore the implications of this assessment instrument
for the work lives of health care providers in LTCFs. The data for this chapter are drawn from …