LTC References Disease States

Chronic Diseases (Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes)

Aronow WS, Ahn C, Gutstein H. Prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular disease in 1160 older men and 2464 older women in a long-term health care facility. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2002;57: M45-M46.

Gambassi G, Lapane K, Sgadari A, Landi F, Carbonin P, Hume A, Lipsitz L, Mor V, Bernabei R. Prevalence, clinical correlates, and treatment of hypertension in elderly nursing home residents. SAGE (Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Drug use via Epidemiology) Study Group. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158:2377-2385.

Ron Y, Wainstein J, Leibovitz A, Monastirsky N, Habot B, Avni Y, Segal R.The effect of acarbose on the colonic transit time of elderly long-term care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2002;57: M111-M114.

Somes GW, Kritchevsky SB, Shorr RI, Pahor M, Applegate WB. Body mass index, weight change, and death in older adults: the systolic hypertension in the elderly program. Am J Epidemiol. 2002;15:132-138.

Tariq SH, Karcic E, Thomas DR, Thomson K, Philpot C, Chapel DL, Morley JE. The use of a no-concentrated sweets diet in the management of type 2 diabetes in nursing homes. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001;101(12):1463-1466.

Cognitive Disorders

Beck CK, Vogelpohl TS, Rasin JH, Uriri JT, O'Sullivan P, Walls R, Phillips R, Baldwin B. Effects of behavioral interventions on disruptive behavior and affect in demented nursing home residents. Nurs Res. 2002;51:219-228.

Lieberman MA, Fisher L. The Effects of nursing home placement on family caregivers of patients With Alzheimer's Disease. Gerontologist. 2001;41:819-826.

Osterweil D, Mulford P, Syndulko K, Martin M. Cognitive function in old and very old residents of a residential facility: Relationship to age, education, and dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994;42:766-773.

Peck A, Cohen CE, Mulvihill MN. Long-term enteral feeding of aged demented nursing home patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1990;38:1195-1198.

Reynish W, Andrieu S, Nourhashemi F, Vellas B. Nutritional factors and Alzheimer's Disease. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001;56:M675-M680.

Smith GE, O'Brien PC, Ivnik RJ, Kokmen E, Tangalos EG. Prospective analysis of risk factors for nursing home placement of dementia patients. Neurology. 2001;57:1467-73.

Tariot PN, Ogden MA, Cox C, Williams TF. Diabetes and dementia in long-term care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999;47:423-429.

Yamamoto-Mitani N, Aneshensel CS, Levy-Storms L. Patterns of family visiting with institutionalized elders: the case of dementia. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2002;57:S234-246.

Young KW, Binns MA, Greenwood CE. Meal delivery practices do not meet needs of Alzheimer patients with increased cognitive and behavioral difficulties in a long-term care facility. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001;56:M656-M661.

Young KWH, Greenwood CE. Shift in diurnal feeding patterns in nursing home residents with Alzheimer's Disease. J Gerontol Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001;56:700-706.

Drug-Nutrient Interactions

Lewis CW, Frongillo EA Jr, Roe DA. Drug-nutrient interactions in three long-term-care facilities. J Am Diet Assoc.1995;95:309-315.

Food Intake Disorders (Anorexia, Cachexia, Dysphasia, Swallowing)

Kumlien S, Axelsson K. Stroke patients in nursing homes: eating, feeding, nutrition and related care. J Clin Nurs. 2002;11:498-509.

Leibovitz A, Sela BA, Habot B, Gavendo S, Lansky R, Avni Y, Segal R. Homocysteine blood level in long-term care residents with oropharyngeal dysphagia: comparison of hand-oral and tube-enteral-fed patients. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2002;26:94-97.

Functional Status

Cott CA, Dawson P, Sidani S, Wells D. The effects of a walking/talking program on communication, ambulation, and functional status in residents with Alzheimer Disease. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2002;16:81-87.

Gastrointestinal Health (Peptic Ulcers, Diarrhea, Constipation)

Lori f, Flynn J, Rothman M. Use of a self-report constipation questionnaire with older adults in long-term care. Gerontologist. 2001;41:778-786.

Neri MC, Lai L, Bonetti P, Baldassarri AR, Monti M, DeLuca P, Cunietti E, Quatrini M. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in elderly inpatients and in institutionalized old people: correlation with nutritional status. Age Ageing. 1996;25:17-21.

Immunity

High KP. Nutritional strategies to boost immunity and prevent infection in elderly individuals. Clin Infect Dis. 2001;33(11):1892-900.

Nutrient Deficiencies

Meyer HE, Smedshaug GB, Kvaavik E, Falch JA, Tverdal A, Pedersen JI. Can vitamin D supplementation reduce the risk of fracture in the elderly? A randomized controlled trial. J Bone Miner Res. 2002;17:709-15.

Varma RN, Spowart LK. Protein-energy malnutrition and iron deficiency in elderly nursing home residents. J Am Diet Assoc. 1998;98(suppl):A-93. Abstract.

Nutrition Support and Supplementation (Dietary & Liquid Supplements, Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition)

Taylor HM. Pneumonia frequencies with different enteral tube feeding access sites. Am J Ment Retard. 2002;107:175-180.

Pressure Ulcers

Alcaraz A, Kelly J. Treatment of an infected venous leg ulcer with honey dressings. Br J Nurs. 2002;11:859-866.

Bours GJ, Halfens RJ, Abu-Saad HH, Grol RT. Prevalence, prevention, and treatment of pressure ulcers: descriptive study in 89 institutions in the Netherlands. Res Nurs Health. 2002;25:99-110.

Casimiro C, Garcia-de-Lorenzo A, Usan L. Prevalence of decubitus ulcer and associated risk factors in an institutionalized Spanish elderly population. Nutrition. 2002;18:408-414.

Compas C, Golden WE. Reducing pressure ulcers in long-term care. J Ark Med Soc. 2001;98:84-5.

IPRO:Quality Improvement Projects: A Quality Improvement Study.Impact Results of a Statewide Effort to Improve Pressure Ulcer Prevention in New York State. [Online] Available at: http://www.ipro.org/qip/new_studies/pup/econ.htm. (2001, Aug 24)

Lyder C. Cost effectiveness of wound management in long-term care. Director. 2002;10:100-102.

Pressure Ulcers: Prevention and Management. Geriatric Medicine [Online]Available at: http://www.mayo.edu/geriatrics-rst/pu.html. (2001, Jan4)

Stotts NA, Rodeheaver Gt, Thomas DR, Frantz RA, Bartolucci AA, Sussman C, Ferrell BA, Cuddigan J, Maklebust J. An instrument to measure healing in pressure ulcers: Development and validation of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001;56:M795-M799.

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