Clinical update on nursing home medicine: 2014

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014;15(11):786-801. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.09.001.

Abstract

This is the eighth yearly update on clinical care in the nursing home. Topics covered this year are heart failure, delirium, nutrition, hospice, diabetes mellitus, frailty, and sarcopenia.

Keywords: Heart failure; delirium; diabetes; frailty; hospice certification; hospice regulations; nutritional support; oral supplementation; prognostication; sarcopenia.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Delirium / nursing
  • Diabetes Mellitus / nursing
  • Frail Elderly
  • Heart Failure / nursing
  • Hospices / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Nursing Homes*
  • Nursing Process*
  • Nutritional Support / nursing
  • Sarcopenia / nursing