Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
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To investigate how health care providers in Southwest China conducted comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in their clinical practices. ⋯ These findings showed that the application of CAG in the mainland of China is not adequate. The training program related to CGA held by the SAG was helpful in improving the proportion of effective use of CGA. More efforts should be made in the future to build the CGA work team.
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Patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have a high risk for rehospitalization. ⋯ Patients in the intervention had a lower rate of returning to the hospital within 30 days of discharge from the SNF, were more likely to attend medical appointments, and were better prepared for their care transition.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Agitation in nursing home residents with dementia (VIDEANT trial): effects of a cluster-randomized, controlled, guideline implementation trial.
To test the effect of a complex guideline-based intervention on agitation and psychotropic prescriptions. ⋯ Complex guideline-based interventions are effective in reducing agitated and disruptive behavior in nursing home residents with dementia. At the same time, increased prescription of ChEIs and antidepressants together with decreased neuroleptic prescription suggests an effect toward guideline-based pharmacotherapy.
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Multicenter Study
Delirium during acute illness in nursing home residents.
To ascertain the incidence of delirium during acute illness in nursing home residents, describe the timing of delirium after acute illness onset, describe risk factors for delirium, and explore the relationship between delirium and complications of acute illness. ⋯ Delirium occurred frequently as a complication of acute illness in the nursing home, and was a risk factor for cognitive function decline. This finding supports the rationale to target individuals at the onset of an acute medical problem in the design of interventions to prevent delirium in the nursing home setting.
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To study medication discrepancies in clinical transitions across a large health care system. ⋯ This study is the first to follow medication changes throughout 3 transition care points in a large health care system and to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of medication discrepancies at all points. Our findings are consistent with previously published results, which all focused on single site transitions. Outcomes of the current reconciliation process need to be revisited to insure safe delivery of care to the complex geriatric patient as they transition through health care systems.