Leland, Natalie E Lekovitch, Cara Martínez, Jenny Rouch, Stephanie Harding, Patrick Wong, Carin
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
Accidental falls are preventable adverse events for older post-acute care (PAC) patients. Yet, due to the functional and medical care needs of this population, there is little guidance to inform multidisciplinary prevention efforts. This scoping review aims to characterize the evidence for multifactorial PAC fall prevention interventions. Of the 33...
Ownbey, Nicholas Soukup, Jeff Fugate-Whitlock, Elizabeth Newsham, Tina M K
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of a hybrid, telephone-based cardiac rehabilitation (TBCR) program implemented early in the COVID-19 pandemic compared with in-person, center-based programming offered prior to the pandemic. The focus was on older adults' engagement and outcomes. Matched groups of hybrid and in-person cardiac r...
Hawes, Frances M Wang, Shuangshuang
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
Previous research has demonstrated the effect of supervisor support on the job satisfaction of long-term care workers (LTCW); however, much less is known about how this effect differs among race/ethnicity or immigration groups. We examined how supervisor support mediates the associations between race/ethnicity, immigration status, and job satisfact...
Boafo, Jonelle David, Daniel Wu, Bei Brody, Abraham A Sadarangani, Tina
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
In order to reduce care partner strain and support aging in place for people living with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), adult day centers (ADCs) must manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). The purpose of this paper is to identify person-centered care strategies used by center staff...
Jung, Daniel Pollack, Harold A Konetzka, R Tamara
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
We compare multiple machine learning algorithms and develop models to predict future hospitalization among Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Users. Furthermore, we calculate feature importance, the score of input variables based on their importance to predict the outcome, to identify the most relevant variables to predict hospitalization. W...
Xu, Maodi Feng, Zhixin
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
This paper analyses the prevalence of social exclusion experienced by older rural residents in China and investigates the impact of work and residence history on rural residents' social exclusion in later life. Data are from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Logistic regression models are used. Results show that rural mal...
Roofeh, Regina Clouston, Sean A P Smith, Dylan M
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
Elder Orphans, socially/physically isolated older adults without caregiving support, are of interest in an aging population. Lack of caregivers for Elder Orphans may influence relocation to residential care facilities, including skilled nursing or assisted living facilities, compared to aging in place. Using the National Health and Aging Trends Stu...
Warner, Lora Tipping, LaReina
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
One of the most challenging caregiving roles today is providing informal care to an individual with dementia. A new program, "AT-Home with Dementia," was created by three collaborative social service agencies to offer simple assistive technologies to persons with dementia and their informal caregivers. Staff, equipped with a traveling kit of everyd...
Bricio-Barrios, Jaime Alberto Ríos-Silva, Mónica Huerta, Miguel Cárdenas-María, Rosa Yolitzy García-Ibáñez, Alondra Elizabeth Díaz-Mendoza, María Guadalupe Jiménez-Leal, Héctor Mariano Chávez-Torres, Liz Argelia Islas-Piza, Liliana García-García, Shelem
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
A longitudinal study, from 2018 to 2021, identified impacts on the nutritional and functional status of older adults when face-to-face activities at a social assistance center in Mexico were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 71 older adults were evaluated at three different periods: 18 months prior, three months before the pandemic...
Tang, Zequn Wang, Ning
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Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
Toward a background of young people's decreasing housing affordability and parents' increasing involvement in intergenerational housing support, this study investigates how such support influences parents' expectation of future care from adult children. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we found that, in general, m...
