OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the American Medical Directors Association is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Fall-Associated Drugs in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the ActiFE Ulm Study	124
Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) Restrictions and Loneliness Among Residents in Long-Term Care Communities: Data From the National Health and Aging Trends Study	108
Response to the Comments on “Malnutrition in Relation to Muscle Mass, Muscle Quality, and Muscle Strength in Hospitalized Older Adults”	101
Interest in Dyadic Physical Activity Programs among Informal Caregivers of Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders	92
Evaluating Lecanemab Eligibility for Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities With Alzheimer Disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment	87
The Ideal vs Reality: Is the Pursuit of a “Good Death” Hindering End-of-Life Care?	85
Systematic Review: Palliative Care Screening Tools for Nursing Home Residents	76
General Information	74
Directions & Connections	71
Complex Care Clinical Model	70
Mad as a Hatter: Revisiting Primary Hyperparathyroidism in the Elderly	69
Addressing Veteran Health Equity Through Public-Private Partnerships	61
Editorial Board	58
Decreasing Skilled Facility Utilization in Geriatric Surgical Oncology	58
Increasing Anticholinergic Burden is Associated With Social Vulnerability in the Oldest Old	51
Impact of Nursing Home Factors on Antipsychotic Use in Residents Before and After the Implementation of the Antipsychotic Reduction Initiative: A Facility-level Analysis	50
General Information	50
Directions & Connections	48
General Information	48
Editorial Board	43
Editorial Board	43
H_ClinicalSol 3 FP4C.pdf	42
Erratum	40
Unplanned Hospital Visits and Poor Oral Health With Undernutrition in Nursing Home Residents	39
Lost in Transition: Missed Opportunities for the 4 Ms to Support Post-Acute Care Transitions	39

Health Insurance Matters: Insurance Coverage and Health Service Use Among Direct Care Workers in the United States	38
COVID-19 Pandemic and Stroke Care in Patients with Dementia Compared to Other Stroke Patients	38
Effects of Multimodal Exercise With Augmented Reality on Cognition in Community-Dwelling Older Adults	38
Changes in Antidementia Medications upon Admission to the Nursing Home: Who Decides and Why? Results From a National Survey of Nursing Home Administrators	38
Decision Aid Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons With Advanced Dementia in Decision-Making About Feeding Options: A Scoping Review	38
Adverse Lipid Profiles Are Associated with Lower Dementia Risk in Older People	37
Changing Trends in Job Satisfaction and Burnout for Care Aides in Long-Term Care Homes: The Role of Work Environment	37
Deficiency Citations on Inappropriate Psychotropics Use Related to Care for Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia	36
Applying Evidence-based Principles to Guide Emergency Surgery in Older Adults	35
Uncontrolled Pain and Risk for Depression and Behavioral Symptoms in Residents With Dementia	34
Experiences of Families, Staff, Volunteers, and Administrators With Namaste Care for Persons With Advanced Dementia in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes	34
Scoping Review of Randomized Trials With Discontinuation of Medicines in Older Adults	32
Racial Disparity in Disruption to Basic Needs Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic	32
Life-Space Mobility Change in Nursing Home Residents Over 12 Months	31
Antipsychotics in Perspective: Past, Present, and Future: Article 1 of 3	31
Cognitive Impairment Predicts Sarcopenia 9 Years Later among Older Adults	30
Contributing Factors to Adverse Events in Long-Term Care Facilities in Ireland, a Content Analysis	30
Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care in Nursing Home Settings	30
Residential Long-Term Care and the Built Environment: Balancing Quality of Life and Infection Control	30
A Systematic Review of Palliative Care Needs in Young-Onset Dementia	30
Absence of COVID-19 Disease Among Chronically Ventilated Nursing Home Patients	30
Systematic Review of Factors Associated With Hearing Aid Use in People Living in the Community With Dementia and Age-Related Hearing Loss	29
Latent Cognitive Profiles and Demographic Determinants in Older Adults without Dementia: A National Cross-Sectional Study	29
Pain Management in the Post-acute and Long-Term Care Setting: A Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) from the Society for Post-acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA)	29
Front-Line Hospice Staff Perceptions of Barriers and Opportunities to Discussing Advance Care Planning With Hospice Patients and Their Families	29
A Longitudinal Study of the Use and Effects of Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs in Residential Aged Care	29
Comparative Effectiveness of 3 Settings of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy on Cognition and Quality of Life for People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis	29
The Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Physical Performance in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study in Relation to Cognitive Function	28
Association Between Frailty and Quality of Life in Middle-Aged and Older Adults	28
Mortality Reduction Associated with Coexistent Antithrombotic Use in Nursing Home Residents with COVID-19	28
BOTTOM RIGHT: S_JMDA_345_amda_careercenter_3.5x5_QP4C.pdf	27
Antipsychotic Use in Older Adults with Dementia: Community and Nursing Facility Trends in Texas, 2015-2020	27
General Information	27
BOTTOM RIGHT: S_JMDA_397_amda_podcast_ad_3,5x5_QP4C.pdf	27
Muscle Quality in Older Adults: A Scoping Review	27
General Information	26
BOTTOM LEFT: S_JMDA_413_amda_donate_found_3.5x5_QP4C.pdf	26
General Information	26
General Information	26
Rapid Detection of Influenza in Nursing Homes Reduces Emergency Department Visits	26
TOP LEFT: S_JMDA_429_JAMDA_QP_24_abstracts_QP4C.pdf	26
Loeb Criteria via Telemedicine: Assessing for Infection in LTCF Residents	26
Nursing Home Bacteremia, a Topic of Controversy	25
H_ClinicalSol 3 FP4C.pdf	25
Improving Osteoporosis Screening and Treatment in the Nursing Home	25
Table of Contents	25
A Palliative and Supportive Care Program: Nurse Practitioner Survey Responses	25
Hurdles Faced By Healthcare Providers in Titrating Phenytoin Dosage in Long-Term Care	25
Directions & Connections	25
How Do Discrepancies between Subjective and Objective Health Predict the Risk of Injurious Falls? A Study of Community-Dwelling Swedish Older Adults	24

Engagement of Relatives in End-of-life Care of Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study in 5 EU Countries	24
Prognostic Effects of Delayed Administration of Antimicrobial Therapy in Older Persons Experiencing Bacteremia With or Without Initial Sepsis Presentations	23
Directions & Connections	22
Deprescribing Blood Pressure Treatment in Long-Term Care Residents	22
COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in State Veterans Homes: A Multilevel Approach	22
Interventions to Prevent Hospital Admissions in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Rapid Review of Economic Evidence	22
A Tale of 2 Assessments: Concordance Across the Minimum Data Set and Preadmission Screening and Resident Review Assessments in Recording Mental Health Diagnoses	22
Key Implications in the Detection of Cognitive Frailty	22
Socioeconomic Status, Physical Functioning and Mortality: Results From a Cohort Study of Older Adults in Hong Kong	22
A Modified Frailty Phenotype Used for Identifying Frailty in Health Care Practice: Validation Among Chinese Older Adults	22
Clinical Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Italian Long-Term Care Facilities: GeroCovid LTCFs Observational Study	22
Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the SARC-F and Its Modified Versions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	22
Integrating Point-of-Care Hemoglobin A1c Screening into China's Rural Community-based Health Check-up for the Older Population	22
Long Term Care Staff Perspective on Youth Volunteering	21
Reflection on Geriatric Education to Build a Dynamic Health Workforce	21
When Safety Measures Do Harm: Retraumatization of Trauma Survivors Living in Long-Term Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic	21
Certified Nursing Assistants' Compassion at Work, Well-being and Turnover Intentions	21
Interventions with Nursing Home Providers to Reduce Inappropriate Urine Culture	21
Delirium with Psychosis in an Elderly Woman with Autoimmune Encephalitis	21
Hospice Coding and Data Conventions Contribute to Oversimplify the Presence of Dementia in Hospice	21
Beer Potomania Post-Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge	21
Social Networks Effects on Spouse and Adult-Child Dementia Caregivers’ Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study	20
The Benefits of Culture Change in Nursing Homes—Obtaining Nationally Representative Evidence	20
Measurement of Quality in Assisted Living in the United States of America: A Scoping Review	20
Nursing Home Staffing Variability and Quality: Assessing Alternative Measures of Daily Staffing Level Variation	20
Nontraditional Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Events in Active Octogenarians	20
Trends in Post-Acute Care in US Nursing Homes: 2001-2017	20
Leadership Perspectives on Nursing Home Operations From Crisis to Control: A Mixed Methods Study	20
Directions & Connections	20
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Heart Failure Disease Management in Skilled Nursing Facilities	19
Muscle Strength Comparison in Immune-Mediated Rheumatic Disease vs Healthy Adults: A Meta-Analysis	19
Spiritual Health Predicts Improved PHQ-9 During COVID Isolation in Extended Care Facility Patients	19
Dose-Response Relationship Between Life-Space Mobility and Mortality in Older Japanese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study	19
Sedentary Behavior and Physical Frailty Among Rural Older Adults in China: The Moderating Effect of Social Isolation	19
Psychotropic, Anticonvulsant, and Opioid Use in Assisted Living Residents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic	19
Ecological Analysis of the Decline in Incidence Rates of COVID-19 Among Nursing Home Residents Associated with Vaccination, United States, December 2020-January 2021	19
Reliability and Validity of the New Urgency Classification Model for Acute Medical Care in Dutch Nursing Home Setting	19
Infection Control in Long-Term Care: An Old Problem and New Priority	19
Living Alone and Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Role of Non–Face-to-Face Social Interactions	19
Does the Veterans Health Administration Purchase High-Quality Home Health Care?	19
Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Home vs Non-home Medical Care Physicians in Japan	19
SARS-CoV-2 B 1.1.7 Variant Outbreak in a Fully Vaccinated Nursing Home—Madrid, June 2021	19
Having a Say in Patient Care: Factors Associated with High and Low Voice among Home Care Workers	19
Cost-Effectiveness of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Adapted to Primary Care	19
The Effect of Convergence Gamification Training in Community-Dwelling Older People: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial	19
Black-White Differences in Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Deserts: Implications for Unmet Care Needs	18
Let’s Integrate! The Case for Bringing Behavioral Health to Nursing Home–Based Post-Acute and Subacute Care	18
Table of Contents	18
Feasibility of a Nursing Home Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention	18
General Information	18
New Dimensions of Staffing Patterns in Nursing Homes and Nursing Home Quality: Comparing Staffing Instability to Staffing Turnover	18
Get a Grip on Falls with LSD-HY (Lights, Shoes, Device (DME) and Hydration)	18
Lessons Learned from the Connecticut Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes during the First 2 Years of the Pandemic	18
Monitoring Laboratory Parameters for Drug Toxicity in Assisted Living Facilities	18
Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication and Mortality Risk in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	18
Palliative End-of-Life Medication Prescribing Rates in Long-Term Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study	18
Directions & Connections	18
Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures in Residential Aged Care: Updated Consensus Recommendations	18
Sleep Duration and Disability-Free Life Expectancy Among Japanese Older Adults: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study	17
Soundscape Awareness Intervention Reduced Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: A Cluster-Randomized Trial With MoSART+	17
General Information	17
The AMDA Pain CPG: A Different Kind of Trustworthy Clinical Guideline	17
The Association Between Family Support and Changes in Self-Rated Health Among Chinese Older Adults: How Living Arrangements Moderate the Association?	17
Exploring Factors Driving Hospital Readmissions in Skilled Nursing Facilities	17
Characterizing the Individuals Who Regain or Maintain Walking Ability after a Hip Fracture: Insights Into Physical Resilience	17
Change in Provider Specialty Was Associated With Less Fluoroquinolone Use at a Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Setting	17
Promoting Cognitive Health in Senior Living Facilities: An Educational Approach	17
The Inevitability of Reimagining Long-Term Care	17
Editorial Board	17
Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Parkinson Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	17
Inflammatory Biomarkers in Older Women with Obesity, Sarcopenia, and Sarcopenic Obesity	17
Directions & Connections	16
Symptomatic and Preventive Medication Use before and after Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis: A 10-Year Matched Cohort Study	16
Geographic Regions Enriched with Frail Older Adults	16
WHOLE Communication: A High Reliability Organization Approach to Post-Acute-Long-Term-Care Education	16
The Uncertain Future of Nursing Home Post-Acute Care	16
Table of Contents	16
Corrigendum	16
C_JMDA_May22.pdf BW	16
The Association of Dementia With Incident Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Older Adults	16

Revisiting Benzodiazepine Use for Dental Procedures in Nursing Home Residents	16
Editorial Board	16
Wandering Behavior and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Veterans Affairs Community Living Center Residents	16
Cognitive Assessment in Post Acute Care	16
Directions & Connections	15
Community Discharge Among Post-Acute Nursing Home Residents: An Association With Patient Safety Culture?	15
General Information	15
Comment on "The Impact of COVID-19 on the Prevalence, Mortality, and Associated Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients With Hip Fractures: A Meta-analysis"	15
Table of Contents	15
Risk of Hospitalization Among Assisted Living Residents Dually Enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid	15
General Information	15
You Got to Stop That Dropper Because You Had Enough	15
The Level of Expectations Regarding Aging Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	15
Should Slowing Be Considered a Distinct Geriatric Syndrome?	15
General Information	15
Life-Space Mobility and Frailty in Older Japanese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study	15
As-Needed Prescribing and Administration of Psychotropic Medications in Assisted Living: A 7-State Study	14
Efficacy and Safety of Oral Anticoagulants in Older Adult Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Pairwise and Network Meta-Analyses	14
Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults Pre– and Post–COVID-19 Pandemic	14
Self-Reported Frailty and Health Care Utilization in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States	14
Impact of Dementia on Long-Term Hip Fracture Surgery Outcomes: An Electronic Health Record Analysis	14
Frailty Index Based on Common Laboratory Tests for Patients Starting Home-Based Medical Care	14
Can Better Leadership Reduce Nursing Home Staff Turnover?	14
The Enduring Significance of Culture in Dementia Care for First- and Second-Generation Immigrants	14
Star Ratings in Long-Term Care Facilities in Australia: Facility Characteristics Associated with High Ratings and Changes in Ratings Over Time	14
Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Lessons From the Asian Approach: A Narrative Review	14
Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk for Urinary Incontinence for People with Dementia in the Community in Aotearoa New Zealand: An interRAI Study	14
Sex Difference in the Association Between Sedentary Behavior and Sleep Quality: A Longitudinal Study Among Older Adults in Rural China	14
Short-Term Immunogenicity of Licensed Subunit RSV Vaccines in Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF) Compared to Community-Dwelling Older Adults	14
Centrally Acting Anticholinergic Drugs Used for Urinary Conditions Associated with Worse Outcomes in Dementia	14
Has Increased Medicaid Spending on Home- and Community-Based Services Reduced Unmet Needs in Activities of Daily Living Care among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia? Evidence from 2008 to	14
Instability in Caregivers’ Perception of Dementia as a Terminal Disease	14
COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Residents and Staff Members of Assisted Living and Residential Care Communities—Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, December 2020–April 2021	14
Hurdles Faced by Healthcare Providers in Titrating Phenytoin Dosage in Long-Term Care	13
Diagnoses Associated With Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents With Severe Functional Impairment and Terminal Illness	13
An Integrative Review of the State of POLST Science: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?	13
Physician Practice in Ontario Nursing Homes: Defining Physician Commitment	13
Implementing Ketamine in PA-LTC for a Patient with Chronic Pain	13
Integrated Healthcare Improves Clinical Outcomes by Reducing Polypharmacy	13
Response to Comment on "Exercise and Nutritional Intervention for Physical Function of the Prefrail: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"	13
Directions & Connections	13
BOTTOM RIGHT: S_JMDA_388_JAMDA_QP_paltc23_STD_QP4C.pdf	13
A Hidden Gastro-Vascular Etiology of Abdominal Pain; A Case Report of Cast Syndrome	13
Editorial Board	13
Technology-Based Interventions to Address Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Informal Dementia Caregivers: A Scoping Review	13
Cognitive Decline Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older People With Multimorbidity: A Longitudinal Study	13
Building the PALTC Workforce: Pennsylvania Teaching Nursing Home Demonstration	13
Improving Resident & Family Satisfaction via Enhanced Communication	13
General Information	13
State Regulations and Hospice Utilization in Assisted Living During the Last Month of Life	13
Enhancing Resident and Staff Relationships	13
Directions & Connections	13
Editorial Board	13
Relative Reliability of Muscle Function Measured With Electronic Handgrip Dynamometry and Accelerometry	13
Editorial Board	13
Family Caregiver Availability and Capacity Associated With Home Health Service Types for Patients With Dementia	13
Reliability and Validity of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Discharge Mobility and Self-Care Quality Measures	13
General Information	13
LEFT: S_JMDA_383_AMDA_CORE_JAMDA Half Page_HV4C.pdf	13
Infection Control Advocate and Resident Education (ICARE)	13
Clinicians’ Perceptions of a Modified Hospital Elder Life Program for Delirium Prevention During COVID-19	12
PALTmed Events and Product	12
Using the Outcome and Assessment Information Set to Measure Patient Health Status in Research: A Systematic Review	12
General Information	12
The Association of Ancillary Diagnostic Tests With Outcome in Dementia	12
Protection from Omicron Infection in Residents of Nursing and Retirement Homes in Ontario, Canada	12
Historical Trends of Home Care Package Use for Older People in Australia, 2008–2021	12
Fat-Free Mass Index as a Surrogate Marker of Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Index for Low Muscle Mass Screening in Sarcopenia	12
In-Hospital Mortality Risk of Older Patients With COVID-19 Infection	12
A Robotic Device to Enhance Nursing Home Provider Telepresence During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Caregivers’ Burden and Anticipatory Grief Increases Acute Health Care Use in Older Adults with Severe Dementia	12
Hospital Transfer Rates among Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents: Variation by Day of the Week	12
Hip Fracture as a Predictive Marker for the Risk of Dementia: A Population-Based Cohort Study	12
Natural Language Processing to Identify Home Health Care Patients at Risk for Becoming Incapacitated With No Evident Advance Directives or Surrogates	12
Delirium Incidence and Predictors in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinated Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF): Insights from the GeroCovid Vax Study	12
Dysphagia and Diets in Skilled Nursing Facilities When Patient's Health Status Changes: The Role of Imaging	12
Factors Leading to a Decrease in Grip Strength Among the Oldest Old: A Large, Representative, Longitudinal Survey	12
Progress Toward Long-Term Care Protection in Latin America: A National Long-Term Care System in Costa Rica	12
Utility of the Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation, Illness, and Loss of weight Scale in Older Patients with Cardiovascular Disease	12
One Month Prediction of Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Home Residents with Bayesian Networks	12
Use of Diabetes Medications before and after a Heart Failure–Related Hospitalization among Nursing Home Residents	12
BOTTOM RIGHT: S_JMDA_397_amda_podcast_ad_3,5x5_QP4C.pdf	12
Transitions Between Frailty States and Its Predictors in a Cohort of Community-Dwelling Spaniards	12
Patient Safety: Using Data and Resources for Harm Reduction in SNF/PALTC with a Regional Stakeholder Collaborative	12
Changes in Satisfaction with Meaningful Activities and Onset of Depressive Symptoms among Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Adults: A Population-Based Study Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
The Sky Is Falling Revisited	12
Characterizing the Palliative Care Physician Workforce: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study With Population-Based Data in Ontario, Canada	12
Associations between Complaints and Organizational Characteristics among Ohio Nursing Homes	12
General Information	11
High-Intensity Interval and Resistance Training Improve Health Outcomes in Older Adults With Coronary Disease	11
Improving Proton Pump Inhibitor Deprescribing: Impact of an Educational Intervention in Italian Nursing Homes	11
Directions & Connections	11
Editorial Board	11
Editorial Board	11
General Information	11