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Nursing Homes

Amaradio L. Financing long-term care for elderly persons: What are the options? J Health Care Finance. 1998;25(2):75-84.

Banks MR, Banks WA. The effects of animal-assisted therapy on loneliness in an elderly population in long-term care facilities. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2002;57:M428-432.

Coward RT, Netzer JK, Mullens RA. Residential differences in the incidence of nursing home admissions across a six-year period. J Gerontol B Psychol Soc Sci. 1996;51:S258-S267.


Greene VL, Lovely ME, Miller MD, Ondrich JI. Reducing nursing home use through community long-term care: an optimization analysis. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1995;50:S259-S268.

Holden K, McBride T, Perozek M. Expectations of nursing home use in the Health and Retirement Study: the role of gender, health, and family characteristics. J Gerontol B Psychol Soc Sci. 1997;52B:S240-S251.

Holtzman J, Degelau J, Meyers R, Christianson C, Lurie N. Development and testing of a process measure of nursing home quality of care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1997;45:1203-1207.

Hunter A. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and the dietitian in long-term care. Top Clin Nutr. 1992;7(4):47-51.

Kane RA, Caplan AL, Urv-Wong EK, Freeman IC, Aroskar MA, Finch M. Everyday matters in the lives of nursing home residents: wish for and perception of choice and control. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1997;45:1086-1093.

Katz JS, Sidell M, Komaromy C. Dying in long-term care facilities: support needs of other residents, relatives, and staff. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2001;18:321-6.

Lewis MA, Leake B, Leal-Sotelo M, Clark V. First nursing home admissions: Time spent at home and in institutions after discharge. Am J Public Health. 1990;80:22-24.

Mehdizadeh SA. Health and long-term care use trajectories of older disabled women. Gerontologist. 2002;42:304-314.

Molloy DW, Guyatt GH, Russo R, Goeree R, O'Brien BJ, Bedard M, Willan A, Watson J, Patterson C, Harrison C, Standish T, Strang D, Darzins PJ, Smith S, Dubois S. Systematic implementation of an advance directive program in nursing homes: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Med Assoc. 2000 Mar 15;283(11):1437-44.

Report: Jones A. The National Nursing Home Survey:1999 Summary. Vital Health Stat. 2002;13:1-116.

Report: Nursing Home Monitoring. GAO Report to Congressional Requesters. Nursing Homes: Federal Efforts to Monitor Resident Assessment Data Should Complement State Activities. 2002; 1-18.

Travis SS, Bernard M, Dixon S, McAuley WJ, Loving G, McClanahan L. Obstacles to palliation and end-of-life care in a long-term care facility. Gerontologist. 2002;42:342-349.

UCLA Borun Center for Gerontological Research. [Online] Available at: http://www,geronet.med.ucla.edu/centers/borun/home.html. (04/05/01)

Weissert WG, Cready CM. A prospective budgeting model for home and community based long-term care. Inquiry. 1989:26:116-29.

Wolinsky FD, Callahan CM, Fitzgerald JF, Johnson RJ. The risk of nursing home placement and subsequent death among older adults. J Gerontol. 1992;47:S173-S182

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Assisted Living Facilities

Report: HHS Releases New Report From First National Survey Of Assisted Living Facilities For The Elderly

Wieland D, Rubenstein LZ, Hedrick SC, Reuben DB, Buchner DM. Inpatient geriatric evaluation and management units (GEMs) in the veterans health system: Diamonds in the rough? J Gerontol. 1994;49:M195-M200.

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