PURPOSE This study determined overall risk and predictors of long-term nursing home admission within the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). DESIGN AND METHODS DataPACE records for 4,646 participants aged 55 years or older who were enrolled in 12 Medicare- and Medicaid-capitated PACE programs during the period from June 1, 1990, to June 30, 1998, were obtained. Participants ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Whether age at onset influences functional deterioration in Alzheimer disease (AD) is unclear. We, therefore, investigated risk factors for progression in activities of daily living (ADL) and nursing home placement (NHP) in cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI)-treated patients with early-onset AD (EOAD) versus late-onset AD (LOAD). METHODS This 3-year, prospective, observational, m...

Glacial algae blooms on the Greenland ice sheet darken surface albedo, enhancing melt. Sentinel-3 data was first to highlight extent of these blooms, which are expected become larger as climate changes. Here we propose a novel use solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) from TROPOMI confirm Sentinel-based maps and extend daily levels understand year-to-year variations in blooms. We combine...

AIM to analyze nursing care practices at a Specialized Outpatient Care Center from the perspective of an integrative health care activity. METHOD Interviews with 24 nursing professionals were undertaken. For data analysis, Thematic Content Analysis as proposed by Bardin was applied, resulting in the following themes: the team size and its commitment to health care; professional practices and ...

The purpose of this study was to implement the Nursing Care Systematization Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem (SAE) with Wanda Aguiar Horta’s Theory of Basic Human Necessities and the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association’s (NANDA) Nursing Diagnosis as its references. The starting point was the evaluation of the knowledge of the nursing team about the SAE, including their parti...