The concept of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as an intermediate state between normal
cognition and dementia entered into the vernacular of geriatric medicine more than 30 years …

Importance The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected
nursing homes. Vulnerable nursing home residents are at high risk for adverse outcomes …

Background: The Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 introduced the Brief Interview for Mental
Status (BIMS), a short performance-based cognitive screener for nursing home (NH) …

Background Light therapy has shown great promise as a nonpharmacological method to
improve symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), with …

OBJECTIVES: To test the feasibility and validity of the Brief Interview for Mental Status
(BIMS) as a performance-based cognitive screener that could be easily completed by …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify reliable predictors of nursing home entry
over a 3-year period in a sample of 3,944 persons with dementia who resided in a home …

Objectives Hospital discharges to post-acute care (PAC) facilities have increased rapidly.
This increase may lead to more hospital readmissions from PAC facilities, which are …

BACKGROUND: The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a potentially powerful tool for
implementing standardized assessment in nursing homes (NHs). Its content has implications …

The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a standardized assessment that is completed on all
residents admitted to Medicare certified nursing homes in the US. It is also completed on all …

Dementia is a clinical syndrome that is progressive and degenerative, affecting memory,
behavior, emotion, and personality. Persons with dementia often experience deterioration of …