Trajectories of functional decline and predictors in long-term care settings: a retrospective cohort analysis of Canadian nursing home residents.

Unlabelled: Decline in the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) or 'functional decline' is a major health concern among aging populations. With intervention, ADL decline may be delayed, prevented or reversed. The capacity to anticipate the trajectory of future functional change can enhance care planning and improve outcome for residents.

Multistate Competing Risk Analysis of Transition Back to the Community Among Long-Term Care Home (LTC) Destined Patients: A Brief Report.

Objective: The demand for long-term care in community and facilitybased settings in Canada is expected to increase with population growth. The Toronto Grace Health Center piloted an intervention program that aims to support return to the community of acute hospital patients designated for LTC placement. We investigated whether this program was effective in transitioning the program patients back to their homes in the community and the factors associated with transitioning patients to different destinations.

Functional Decline in Long-Term Care Homes in the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-based Longitudinal Study in Five Canadian Provinces.

Objective: We aimed to examine whether functional decline accelerated during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (March to June 2020) for persons in long-term care facilities (LTCs) in Canada compared with the pre-pandemic period.

Design: We conducted a population-based longitudinal study of persons receiving care in LTC homes in 5 Canadian provinces before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Setting And Participants: Residents in 1326 LTC homes within the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Ontario between January 31, 2019, and June 30, 2020, with activities of daily living Hierarchy scale less than 6 and so, who still have potential for decline (6 being the worst of the 0-6 scale).

Predictors of improvement in urinary incontinence in the postacute setting: A Canadian cohort study.

Purpose: To determine factors associated with improvement in urinary incontinence (UI) for long-stay postacute, complex continuing care (CCC) patients.

Design: A retrospective cohort investigation of patients in a CCC setting using data obtained from the Canadian Institute for Health Information's Continuing Care Reporting System collected with interRAI Minimum Data Set 2.0.

Effect of the GERAS DANcing for Cognition and Exercise Program on Physical Function in Older Adults.

GERAS DANcing for Cognition and Exercise is a therapeutic dance program for older adults with cognitive or mobility impairments. Using a pre-/posttest study design, we investigated the effect of 12 weeks of dance on the short performance physical battery (SPPB). In 107 participants aged 61-93 (mean 76.