Normal Hearing Ability but Impaired Auditory Selective Attention Associated with Prediction of Response to Donepezil in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease by Yoshitaka Ouchi, Kenichi Meguro, Kyoko Akanuma, Yuriko Kato, Satoshi Yamaguchi

“…Auditory attention was impaired in AD patients, which suggests that unnecessary sounds should be avoided in nursing homes. Auditory selective attention is associated with response to donepezil in AD.…”
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Retracted: Function Matching of Terminal Modules of Intelligent Furniture for Elderly Based on Wireless Sensor Network by Chengmin Zhou, Xin Luo, Ting Huang, Tao Zhou

“…The research object is the smart system for nursing homes. The system uses ZigBee technology to complete the indoor wireless sensor network (WSN) layout and conducts fall test experiments, Power saving experiment, network performance experiment, observe its performance. …”
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Clinical Whole-Body Gait Characterization Using a Single RGB-D Sensor by Lukas Boborzi, Johannes Bertram, Roman Schniepp, Julian Decker, Max Wuehr

“…The flexibility, accuracy, and minimal resource requirements of vGait make it a valuable tool for clinical and non-clinical applications, including outpatient clinics, medical practices, nursing homes, and community settings. By enabling efficient and scalable gait assessment, vGait has the potential to enhance diagnostic and therapeutic workflows and improve access to clinical mobility monitoring.…”
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Participation in Decision Making as a Property of Complex Adaptive Systems: Developing and Testing a Measure by Ruth A. Anderson, Donde Plowman, Kirsten Corazzini, Pi-Ching Hsieh, Hui Fang Su, Lawrence R. Landerman, Reuben R. McDaniel

“…Study 1 was a mail survey of a single respondent (administrators or directors of nursing) in each of 197 nursing homes. Study 2 was a field study using random, proportionally stratified sampling procedure that included 195 organizations with 3,968 respondents. …”
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Consequences of COVID-19 for geriatric patients during a pandemic by Ludwig Wemhöner, Charlotte Brandts, Hannah Dinse, Eva-Maria Skoda, Sarah Jansen, Martin Teufel, Hana Rohn, Richard Dodel

“…At the 12-month mark more patients with geriatric treatment lived in nursing homes. Barthel-Index/Timed-Up-and-Go-Test/MMST/AES/GDS, and EQ-5D-5 L indicated worse outcomes in the group who received geriatric treatment. …”
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Mortality of Post-COVID-19 Condition: 2025 Update by Giuseppe Lippi, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar

“…The largest fraction of post-COVID-19 deaths occurred at home (33.0%), followed by nursing homes (26.3%) and medical facilities (24.1%). …”
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Perceptions of community healthcare workers on the use of teledentistry for seniors in Singapore: A qualitative study by Milawaty Nurjono, Ezra Ho, Jing Yi Lee, Roland Petcu, Christina PC Sim

“…Methods A descriptive qualitative study was conducted through semistructured interviews with a purposive sampling of CHWs from partner nursing homes and home care teams. A French framework outlining barriers to asynchronous oral teleconsultation adoption was used to develop the topic guide for this study. …”
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Exploring challenges and coping strategies in providing care for older adults with dementia: a qualitative study conducted in China by Yanan Cheng, Meijiazi Yang, Sha Ma

“…Subsequently, the interviews were meticulously recorded and transcribed in their entirety, followed by a rigorous analysis of the resulting data and information.ResultsA total of 17 participants who provided care for older adults with dementia were interviewed across various settings including rural areas, communities, hospitals, and nursing homes in Shandong Province. These caregivers encountered challenges such as limited social interaction, significant mental strain, deteriorating physical health, financial insufficiency, and a lack of professional expertise. …”
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Nutrition Therapy in the Transition between Hospital and Home: An Investigation of Barriers by Mette Holst, Henrik Højgaard Rasmussen

“…Semistructured focus group interviews with experienced multiprofessional staff from hospital, home care, nursing homes, and general practise. The study was done in the county of Aalborg with about 280.000 inhabitants regarding homecare and general practise as well as Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark. …”
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Comparison of two skin protection regimes for the Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis in geriatric care (PID): a study protocol for an exploratory randomised controlle... by Jan Kottner, Monira El Genedy-Kalyoncu, Alexandra Fastner, Bettina Völzer, Kathrin Raeder, Konrad Neumann, Nils Axel Lahmann

“…The trial will be conducted in geriatric nursing homes and geriatric acute care settings in the federal state of Berlin, Germany. …”
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Effectiveness of integrated chronic care interventions for older people with different frailty levels: a systematic review protocol by Gurch Randhawa, David Hewson, Nimra Khan

“…The aim of this study is to synthesise evidence on the effectiveness of integrated care interventions on older people with different frailty status who are community dwelling or living in retirement housing or residential setting but not in care homes or in nursing homes.Methods and analysis This is a protocol for a systematic review assessing the effectiveness of integrated chronic care interventions on older people with different frailty status. …”
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Training and Detraining Effects of Institutional Group Exercise on Upper Extremity Motor Function by Yiling LIN, Minghsia HU, Hongzhe ZHANG, Mingde LI

“…Objective:To examine the training and detraining effects of a group exercise activity program for the institutional residents with functional dependency.Method:Residents with functional dependency from two nursing homes (older than 60 years) were recruited.A total of 41 residents were randomly assigned to the intervention (<italic>n</italic>=18) or the control groups (<italic>n</italic>=23). …”
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Nutritional interventions to prevent and reduce overweight and obesity during postacute stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review protocol by Dorthe Sørensen, Lena Aadal, Mette Nørtoft

“…We will map and identify any kind of nutritional intervention in rehabilitation hospitals, nursing homes or their own environments in high-income countries. …”
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‘Striving to achieve control’. Registered nurses’ experiences of palliative care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic – a qualitative study by Tuva Sandsdalen, Ann Karin Helgesen, Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl, Carina Bååth, Maria Larsson, Christina Melin Johansson, Cecilia Olsson, Maria Tillfors, Jane Österlind, Reidun Hov, Marie Dahlen Granrud

“…Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted between November 2021 and January 2022 with 18 RNs who worked in intensive care units in hospitals, dementia care or palliative care units in nursing homes in Norway during the pandemic. Data were analysed by using qualitative content analysis. …”
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The safety and efficacy of neutral electrolyzed water solution for wound irrigation: post-market clinical follow-up study by Veronika Valdová, Vladimíra Štěpánová, Lenka Lapčíková

“…The study aimed to collect additional clinical data to confirm the safety, performance, and clinical benefit of DebriEcaSan Alfa.ResultsThe Manufacturer collected 237 survey forms from 81 healthcare facilities, nursing homes, and outpatient clinics in the Czech Republic. …”
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A GIS-Based Estimation of Bioenergy Potential from Cereal and Legume Straw Biomasses in Alentejo, Portugal by Abel Rodrigues, Alexandre B. Gonçalves, Benvindo Maçãs, António Cordeiro, Paulo Brito

“…The results showed that even if 50% of the estimated total straw biomass produced was used for animal feed, the estimated bioenergy production of the remaining half biomass would be of about 2940 TJy⁻¹, or about 12.5% of the actual regional energy production, which is an energy amount able to supply 35 organic Rankine cycle (ORC) 2.5 MW cogeneration units and 347 boilers with 125 kW thermal power, delivering renewable electricity to the grid, and heating facilities as diverse as buildings, nursing homes, or horticultural greenhouses. More than 160 kton of CO₂ fossil emissions would also be avoided, delivering a contribution to mitigating effects of climate change. …”
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Highlights of 2023-Print Issue by Patient Safety Authority

“…Additional features include • A [safety alert about clozapine](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/90674), a last-line therapy for schizophrenia that may cause serious, life-threatening side effects if it is not dosed appropriately • Data analyses from the largest event reporting database of its kind in the United States, including [patient safety trends in serious events and incidents](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/74752), and [healthcare-associated infections in nursing homes](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/74494) • An interview with pediatrician Dr. …”
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Physical activity and the outcome of cognitive trajectory: a machine learning approach by Bettina Barisch-Fritz, Jay Shah, Jelena Krafft, Yonas E. Geda, Teresa Wu, Alexander Woll, Janina Krell-Roesch

“…Methods This is a secondary, exploratory analysis using data from a Randomized Controlled Trial that included a 16-week multimodal PA intervention for the intervention group (IG) and treatment as usual for the control group (CG) in nursing homes. Predictors included in the ML models were related to the intervention (e.g., adherence), physical performance (e.g., mobility, balance), and pertinent health-related variables (e.g., health status, dementia form and severity). …”
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Which patients received a ReSPECT form, what was documented and what were the patient outcomes? A protocol for a retrospective observational study investigating the impact of the C... by Lucy Selman, Charlotte Chamberlain, Adam McDermott, Claire A Woodall, Lucy Victoria Pocock

“…These include emergency department attendances, emergency hospital admissions, community nurse home visits, hospice referrals, anticipatory medication prescribing, place of death and if the patient died in preferred place of death.Ethics and dissemination Approval has been obtained from a National Health Service Research Ethics Committee (20/YH/0185). …”
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Acute Care Practice in the United States: The Roles of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy in Early Rehabilitation by Suzanne E. Holm, Kelly Nelson, Angela Patterson

“…S.including skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, home health, and private caregiver services. …”
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