BACKGROUND: Depression, anxiety and somatization are the most common mental
disorders in primary care as well as medical specialty populations; each is present in at least …

Objective Suicide risk is highest in later life; however, little is known about the risk of suicide
among older adults in long‐term care facilities (eg, nursing homes and assisted living …

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) …

Objectives To explore how quality of life (QoL) and quality of care (QoC) for people with
dementia (PwD) vary across 8 European countries; to explore how QoL and QoC for PwD …

Background: Hospitalizations of long-stay nursing home (NH) residents are common. The
high estimates of potentially avoidable hospitalizations in NHs suggest that efforts to reduce …

Background Nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation are at high risk for ischemic stroke
and bleeding events. The most recent national estimate (2004) indicated less than one third …

Previous studies estimate that. 40% of long-stay nursing home (NH) residents experience
persistent pain, with 20% of residents in pain receiving no analgesics. Strengthened NH …

Rejection of care behaviors is common in the geriatric population, especially among patients
with dementia. Nonetheless, the concept of rejection of care is not well defined and existing …

Background Care home staff have a critical bearing on quality. The staff employed, the
training they receive and how well they identify and manage residents' needs are likely to …

Almost 1.7 million older Americans live in nursing homes, representing a large proportion of
the frailest, most vulnerable elders needing long-term care. In the future, increasing numbers …