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Kononowech J, Scott W, Landis-Lewis Z, Sales AE. Randomized controlled trial of tailored audit with feedback in VHA long-term care settings. Implementation science communications. 2023 Oct 26; 4(1):129.
Garcia-Davis S, Palacio A, Bast E, Penney LS, Finley E, Kinosian B, Intrator O, Dang S. Peer-to-Patient-Aligned Care Team (Peer-to-PACT; P2P), a Peer-Led Home Visit Intervention Program for Targeting and Improving Long-term Care Services and Support for Veterans With High Needs and High Risk: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study. JMIR research protocols. 2023 Jun 12; 12:e46156.
Heinrich CH, McHugh S, McCarthy S, Curran GM, Donovan MD. Multidisciplinary DEprescribing review for Frail oldER adults in long-term care (DEFERAL): Implementation strategy design using behaviour science tools and stakeholder engagement. Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP. 2023 Aug 1; 19(8):1202-1213.
Hathaway E, Kaehr E, Rattray NA, Unroe KT. Long-Term Care Administrator Perspectives on an Essential Family Caregiver Policy. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2023 Jun 1; 24(6):816-820.
McConnell ES, Xue TM, Levy CR. Veterans Health Administration Models of Community-Based Long-Term Care: State of the Science. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2022 Dec 1; 23(12):1900-1908.e7.
Haverhals LM. How Social Determinants of Health of Individuals Living or Working in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Home-Based Long-Term Care Programs in Puerto Rico Influenced Recovery after Hurricane Maria. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 Oct 14; 19(20).
Johnson KE, Malani PN, Kirch M, Solway E, Singer DC, Kullgren JT. Attitudes toward policies to encourage influenza vaccination in long-term care facilities: A national survey of US adults aged 50-80 years. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2023 May 1; 44(5):830-833.
Werner RM, Konetzka RT. Reimagining Financing and Payment of Long-Term Care. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2022 Feb 1; 23(2):220-224.
Konetzka RT, White EM, Pralea A, Grabowski DC, Mor V. A systematic review of long-term care facility characteristics associated with COVID-19 outcomes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021 Oct 1; 69(10):2766-2777.
Szymczak J, Trautner B. Support to scale antibiotic stewardship in long-term care homes: how much is enough?. BMJ quality & safety. 2022 Feb 1; 31(2):79-82.
Goto M, Ueckert N, Meiches RK, Perencevich EN. Successful multimodal measures preventing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks without universal frequent testing within long-term care units in the Midwestern Veterans' Health Care Network. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2021 Dec 1; 42(12):1503-1505.
Van Houtven CH, McGarry BE, Jutkowitz E, Grabowski DC. Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act With Use of Long-term Care. JAMA Network Open. 2020 Oct 1; 3(10):e2018728.
Silva JB, Bosco E, Quilliam DN, Gravenstein S, Zullo AR. Antiviral Chemoprophylaxis Use During Influenza Outbreaks in Rhode Island Long-Term Care Facilities. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2020 Sep 1; 21(9):1354-1356.
Friedman EM, Shih RA, Ahluwalia SC, Kotzias VI, Phillips JL, Siconolfi D, Saliba D. Factors Explaining State Differences in Applying for a Recent Long-Term Care Program that Promotes Aging in Place: Perspectives of Medicaid Administrators. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2021 Sep 1; 40(9):972-979.
Werner RM, Hoffman AK, Coe NB. Long-Term Care Policy after Covid-19 - Solving the Nursing Home Crisis. The New England journal of medicine. 2020 Sep 3; 383(10):903-905.
Van Houtven CH, DePasquale N, Coe NB. Essential Long-Term Care Workers Commonly Hold Second Jobs and Double- or Triple-Duty Caregiving Roles. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2020 Aug 1; 68(8):1657-1660.
Dosa D, Jump RLP, LaPlante K, Gravenstein S. Long-Term Care Facilities and the Coronavirus Epidemic: Practical Guidelines for a Population at Highest Risk. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2020 May 1; 21(5):569-571.
Cornell PY, Zhang W, Thomas KS. Changes in Long-Term Care Markets: Assisted Living Supply and the Prevalence of Low-Care Residents in Nursing Homes. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2020 Aug 1; 21(8):1161-1165.e4.
Boucher NA, Van Houtven CH. A Day in the Life during COVID-19: Long-term Care Providers in Durham, North Carolina. The Permanente journal. 2020 Jan 1; 24.
Trautner BW, Naik AD. Taking a Ride on the Stewardship Side of Long-term Care: The Cadillac and the Camry. JAMA Network Open. 2019 Sep 4; 2(9):e199515.
McConnell ES, Meyer J. Assessing Quality for People Living With Dementia in Residential Long-Term Care: Trends and Challenges. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. 2019 Jul 13; 5:2333721419861198.
Abid SA, Gravenstein S, Nanda A. Anemia in the Long-Term Care Setting. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 2019 Aug 1; 35(3):381-389.
Muralidharan A, Mills WL, Evans DR, Fujii D, Molinari V. Preparing Long-Term Care Staff to Meet the Needs of Aging Persons With Serious Mental Illness. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2019 Jun 1; 20(6):683-688.
Appaneal HJ, Caffrey AR, Beganovic M, Avramovic S, LaPlante KL. Predictors of Clostridioides difficile recurrence across a national cohort of veterans in outpatient, acute, and long-term care settings. American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 2019 Apr 17; 76(9):581-590.
Kinosian B, Wieland D, Gu X, Stallard E, Phibbs CS, Intrator O. Validation of the JEN frailty index in the National Long-Term Care Survey community population: identifying functionally impaired older adults from claims data. BMC health services research. 2018 Nov 29; 18(1):908.
Hebert CA, Hancock K, McConnell ES. Implementation of Individualized Music in Long-Term Care: Application of the PARiHS Framework. Journal of gerontological nursing. 2018 Aug 1; 44(8):29-38.
Maust DT, Kim HM, Chiang C, Kales HC. Association of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care With the Use of Antipsychotics and Other Psychotropics in Long-term Care in the United States From 2009 to 2014. JAMA internal medicine. 2018 May 1; 178(5):640-647.
Kurichi JE, Bogner HR, Streim JE, Xie D, Kwong PL, Saliba D, Hennessy S. Predicting 3-year mortality and admission to acute-care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and long-term care facilities in Medicare beneficiaries. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2017 Nov 1; 73:248-256.
Kurichi JE, Streim JE, Xie D, Hennessy S, Na L, Saliba D, Pan Q, Kwong PL, Bogner HR. The Association Between Activity Limitation Stages and Admission to Facilities Providing Long-term Care Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists. 2017 Jul 1; 96(7):464-472.
James E, Gellad WF, Hughes M. In This Next Phase of Health Reform, We Cannot Overlook Long-Term Care. Health Affairs Blog. 2017 Mar 16. Available from: http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/03/16/in-this-next-phase-of-health-reform-we-cannot-overlook-long-term-care/.
Malik M, Chapman W. Education and Training in End-of-Life Care for Certified Nursing Assistants in Long-Term Care. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 2017 Feb 1; 48(2):81-85.
Bowling CB, Plantinga L, Hall RK, Mirk A, Zhang R, Kutner N. Association of Nondisease-Specific Problems with Mortality, Long-Term Care, and Functional Impairment among Older Adults Who Require Skilled Nursing Care after Dialysis Initiation. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN. 2016 Dec 7; 11(12):2218-2224.
Trautner B. The Impact of the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI. Presented at: American Hospital Association Annual Membership Meeting; 2016 Aug 2; Chicago, IL.
Trautner B. Q&A on most recent/impact innovations in long-term care for prevention of antibiotic-resistant healthcare-associated infections. Presented at: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality / Centers for Disease Control Meeting of Experts and Stakeholders on Knowledge Gaps in Implementation and Innovation Research for Prevention of Antibiotic-Resistant Healthcare-Associated Infections; 2016 Jun 6; Atlanta, GA.
Harris-Kojetin L, Sengupta M, Park-Lee E, Valverde R, Caffrey C, Rome V, Lendon J. Long-Term Care Providers and services users in the United States: data from the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013-2014. Vital & health statistics. Series 3, Analytical and epidemiological studies / [U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics].. 2016 Feb 1;(38):x-xii; 1-105.
Van Houtven CH. Family Spillovers of Long-term Care Insurance. Paper presented at: RAND Applied Micro-Economics Annual Seminar; 2015 Dec 7; Santa Monica, CA.
Van Houtven CH. Family Spillovers of Long-Term Care Insurance. Paper presented at: Virginia Commonwealth University Annual Seminar; 2015 Nov 19; Richmond, VA.
Lee KH, McConnell ES, Knafl GJ, Algase DL. Pain and psychological well-being among people with dementia in long-term care. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2015 Jun 1; 16(6):1083-9.
Kramer BJ, Creekmur B, Cote S, Saliba D. Improving access to noninstitutional long-term care for American Indian veterans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2015 Apr 1; 63(4):789-96.
Coe NB, Skira MM, Van Houtven CH. Long-term care insurance: Does experience matter? Journal of Health Economics. 2015 Mar 1; 40:122-31.
Carpenter JG, Ersek MT. Long-term care: focus on nursing homes. In: Ferrell BR, Coyle N, Paice J, editors. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. 4 ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2015. Chapter 45. 717-726 p.
Rahman M, Tyler D, Thomas KS, Grabowski DC, Mor V. Higher Medicare SNF care utilization by dual-eligible beneficiaries: can Medicaid long-term care policies be the answer? Health services research. 2015 Feb 1; 50(1):161-79.
Ersek M, Carpenter JG. Geriatric palliative care in long-term care settings with a focus on nursing homes. Journal of palliative medicine. 2013 Oct 1; 16(10):1180-7.
Arling PA, Miech EJ, Arling GW. Comparing Electronic and Face-to-Face Communication in the Success of a Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Collaborative. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare. 2013 Mar 1; 2(2):1-10.
Wieland D, Kinosian B, Stallard E, Boland R. Does Medicaid pay more to a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) than for fee-for-service long-term care? The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 2013 Jan 1; 68(1):47-55.
Braun UK, Majumder M. Innovative ways to getting geriatrics into the medical school curriculum: The ethics course and clinical ethics rounds in a long-term care facility. Paper presented at: German Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics Annual Meeting; 2012 Sep 12; Bonn, Germany.
Alessi CA, Vitiello MV. Sleep disturbance among older adults in long-term care: a significant problem in an important clinical setting. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2012 Jun 1; 20(6):457-9.
Jones M, Samore MH, Carter M, Rubin MA. Long-term care facilities in Utah: a description of human and information technology resources applied to infection control practice. American journal of infection control. 2012 Jun 1; 40(5):446-50.
Wieland GD, Kinosian B, Stallard E. How similar are Medicaid’s PACE payments to its outlays on alternative long-term care for comparable patients? Poster session presented at: American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting; 2012 May 4; Seattle, WA.
de Cordova PB, Phibbs CS, Stone PW. Off-Shift Nursing and Quality Patient Outcomes: A Sub-Analysis of the INQRI Project Titled The Impacts of Nurse Staffing, Skill Mix, and Experience on Quality and Costs in Long-Term Care. Presented at: RWJ Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative Annual National Conference; 2012 Apr 26; Washington, DC.
Streim JE, DiFilippo S, TenHave T, Mavandadi S, Weintraub D, Oslin DW. Antidepressant discontinuation associated with cognitive decline in older adult residents of long-term care facilities. Poster session presented at: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting; 2012 Mar 18; Washington, DC.
Guihan M, Hedrick S, Miller S, Reder S. Improving the long-term care referral process: insights from patients and caregivers. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education. 2011 Oct 4; 32(2):135-51.
Bowersox NW, Szymanski B, Barry KL, Valenstein MT, McCarthy JF. VHA Inpatient Psychiatric Bed Capacity and Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness in Long-Term Care Facilities, 1999-2007. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D National Meeting; 2011 Feb 18; National Harbor, MD.
Hartz GW, Brennan PL, Aulakh J, Estrin MT. Behavioral contracting for challenging patients in geropsychiatric long-term care: A descriptive study. Clinical Gerontologist. 2010 Oct 4; 33(4):347-362.
Van Houtven CH. Is Informal Care Dynastic? The Role of Genetics and Preferences in Long-Term Care Insurance Decisions. Paper presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2010 Jun 29; Boston, MA.
Van Houtven CH. Is Informal Care Dynastic? The Role of Genetics and Preferences in Long-Term Care Insurance Decisions. Paper presented at: American Society of Health Economists Biennial Conference; 2010 Jun 22; Ithaca, NY.
Braun UK, Majumder MA. Clinical ethics rounds in a long-term care facility: Infusing geriatric content into the medical school curriculum. Poster session presented at: American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting; 2010 May 13; Orlando, FL.
Radcliff TA, Levy CR. Examining guideline-concordant care for acute myocardial infarction (AMI): the case of hospitalized post-acute and long-term care (PAC/LTC) residents. Journal of hospital medicine. 2010 Feb 1; 5(2):E3-E10.
Konetzka RT, Werner RM. Applying market-based reforms to long-term care. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2010 Jan 1; 29(1):74-80.
Braddy KK, Imam SN, Palla KR, Lee TA. Vitamin d deficiency/insufficiency practice patterns in a veterans health administration long-term care population: a retrospective analysis. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2009 Nov 1; 10(9):653-7.
Gure TR, Kabeto MU, Langa KM. The influence of long-term care insurance on the likelihood of nursing home admission. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2009 Oct 1; 57(10):1862-7.
Konetzka RT, Werner RM. Disparities in long-term care: building equity into market-based reforms. Medical care research and review : MCRR. 2009 Oct 1; 66(5):491-521.
Miller EA, Allen SM, Mor V. Commentary: navigating the labyrinth of long-term care: shoring up informal caregiving in a home- and community-based world. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 2009 Jan 1; 21(1):1-16.
Levy C. The Perfect Storm: Dementia, Depression and Delirium in Long-term Care. Managing behaviors in cognitively impaired elders. Paper presented at: North Dakota Healthcare Association Quality Care Annual Series; 2008 Aug 1; Bismarck, ND.
Whitson HE, Hastings SN, Lekan DA, Sloane R, White HK, McConnell ES. A quality improvement program to enhance after-hours telephone communication between nurses and physicians in a long-term care facility. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2008 Jun 1; 56(6):1080-6.
Levy C. Advance Care Planning: The most important intervention in long-term care. Paper presented at: Colorado Health Care Association Spring Conference; 2008 May 1; Avon, CO.
Levy C. Drilling Down on Pain and Diabetes in Long-term Care. Paper presented at: Colorado Health Care Association Spring Conference; 2008 May 1; Avon, CO.
Levy C. Implementing a Palliative Care Program in Long-term Care. Paper presented at: Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging Spring Conference; 2008 May 1; Pewaukee, WI.
Laberge A, Weech-Maldonado R, Johnson CE, Jia H, Dewald L. Outsourcing veterans for long-term care: comparison of community and state veterans' nursing homes. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration. 2008 Mar 1; 30(4):441-67.
Levy C. The Long-term Care Continuum. Paper presented at: American Medical Directors Association Annual Symposium; 2008 Mar 1; Salt Lake City, UT.
Berlowitz DR. Long-Term Care - Moderator. Paper presented at: National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Annual Conference; 2007 Feb 9; San Antonio, TX.
Levy C. Pain Assessment and Management in the Long-Term Care Setting. Paper presented at: Wyoming Healthcare Commission Annual Meeting; 2006 Oct 1; Riverton, WY.
Mody L, Langa KM, Malani PN. Impact of the 2004-2005 influenza vaccine shortage on immunization practices in long-term care facilities. Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. 2006 Apr 1; 27(4):383-7.
Chopra MP, Owen RR. Assessment and treatment of depression in long-term care: tools and options help reduce morbidity and potential mortality. The Journal of The Arkansas Medical Society. 2006 Feb 1; 102(8):220-1.
Sims TL, Garber AM, Goldstein MK. Differences in utilities for long-term care settings among older adults with and without living children. Poster session presented at: Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting; 2005 Nov 18; Orlando, FL.
Tyler DA, Parker VA, Hickey EC. Barriers and facilitators of teamwork in long-term care facilities. Paper presented at: American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting; 2005 Nov 1; Orlando, FL.
Rickerson EM, Somers C, Allen CM, Lewis B, Strumpf N, Casarett DJ. How well are we caring for caregivers? Prevalence of grief-related symptoms and need for bereavement support among long-term care staff. Journal of pain and symptom management. 2005 Sep 1; 30(3):227-33.
Parker V. Nursing care job re-design in long-term care settings. Paper presented at: National Council on Aging / American Society on Aging Annual Conference; 2005 Mar 1; Philadelphia, PA.
Richards CL. Preventing antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections among older adults in long-term care facilities. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2005 Mar 1; 6(2):144-51.
Richards CL, Darradji M, Weinberg A, Ouslander JG. Antimicrobial use in post-acute care: a retrospective descriptive analysis in seven long-term care facilities in Georgia. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2005 Mar 1; 6(2):109-12.
Yoo BK, Bhattacharya J, McDonald KM, Garber AM. Impacts of informal caregiver availability on long-term care expenditures in OECD countries. Health services research. 2004 Dec 1; 39(6 Pt 2):1971-92.
Hanlon JT. Adverse events due to discontinuations in drug use and dose changes in patients transferred between acute and long-term care facilities [commentary]. [Editorial]. The Consultant pharmacist : the journal of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. 2004 Sep 1; 19(9):829-830.
Boockvar K, Fishman E, Kyriacou CK, Monias A, Gavi S, Cortes T. Adverse events due to discontinuations in drug use and dose changes in patients transferred between acute and long-term care facilities. Archives of internal medicine. 2004 Mar 8; 164(5):545-50.
Berlowitz D, Rosen A. Risk adjustment for studying long-term care. In: Iezzoni L, editor. Risk Adjustment for Measuring Health Care Outcomes. 3 ed. Baltimore, MD: Health Administration Press; 2003. Chapter 16. 383-400 p.
Barton C, Miller B, Yaffe K. Evaluation of the diagnosis and management of cognitive impairment in long-term care. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders. 2003 Apr 1; 17(2):72-6.
Culp K, Mentes J, Wakefield B. Hydration and acute confusion in long-term care residents. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2003 Apr 1; 25(3):251-66; discussion 267-73.
Grabowski DC, Ohsfeldt RL, Morrisey MA. The effects of CON repeal on Medicaid nursing home and long-term care expenditures. Inquiry : A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing. 2003 Apr 1; 40(2):146-57.
Kleinman L, Schmeir J, Rothman M, Frank L, Beck CK. Time and costs of managing specific disruptive behaviors in long-term care facilities: A descriptive study. The Consultant pharmacist : the journal of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. 2002 Jun 15; 17:497-507.
Beck CK. Improving long-term care staffing. Paper presented at: Alzheimer's Association International Conference; 2002 Jun 1; Gatlinburg, TN.
Muramatsu N, Lee SY, Alexander JA. Hospital provision of institutional long-term care: pattern and correlates. The Gerontologist. 2000 Oct 1; 40(5):557-67.
Gerdner LA, Shue V, Beck CK. Long-term care: Dementia. In: Fitzpatrick JJ, Fulmer T, editors. Geriatric nursing research digest. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company; 2000. 142-146 p.
Braun U, Kunik M, Snow-Turek AL. Agitation in long-term care residents: the need to assess and treat for depression. Issues in Depression. 2000 May 1; 2(1):4-5.
Makris AT, Morgan L, Gaber DJ, Richter A, Rubino JR. Effect of a comprehensive infection control program on the incidence of infections in long-term care facilities. American journal of infection control. 2000 Feb 1; 28(1):3-7.
Guihan M, Weaver FM, Cowper DC, Nydam T, Miskevics S. Using Department of Veterans Affairs Administrative databases to examine long-term care utilization for men and women veterans. Journal of medical systems. 1999 Jun 1; 23(3):201-18.
Rosen AK, Berlowitz DR, Anderson JJ, Ash AS, Kazis LE, Moskowitz MA. Functional status outcomes for assessment of quality in long-term care. International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care / ISQua. 1999 Feb 1; 11(1):37-46.
Rosen AK, Wu J, Berlowitz DR, Kazis LE, Ash A, Moskowitz M. Do different definitions of functional status outcome affect the assessment of quality in VA long-term care. Paper presented at: Health Policy Research Annual International Conference; 1998 Oct 11; Budapest, Hungary.
Weissert WG, Hedrick SC. Lessons learned from research on effects of community-based long-term care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1994 Mar 1; 42(3):348-53.