Prolonged school closures are one of the most disruptive forces in COVID-19 era. School have upended life for children and families, educators been forced to determine how provide distance learning. Schools also an essential source nonacademic supports way health mental services, food assistance, obesity prevention, intervention cases homelessness maltreatment. This article focuses on physical emotional toll resulting from withdrawal that students rely on. The pandemic is shining a spotlight...

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Approximately 20% of older adults are diagnosed with depression in the United States. Extant research suggests that engagement religious activity, or religiosity, may serve as a protective factor against depression. This prospective study examines whether religiosity protects and/or aids recovery. Study data drawn from 2006 and 2008 waves Health Retirement Study. The sample consists 1,992 depressed 5,740 nondepressed (mean age = 68.12 years), at baseline (2006), for an overall size 7,732....

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people throughout world, either directly, due to exposure virus, or indirectly, measures taken mitigate virus' effects. Older adults have been particularly hard hit, dying in disproportionately higher numbers, especially long-term care facilities. Local, regional, and national government actions spread thus served, part, shield older from though not without adverse side effects, including increased social isolation, enhanced economic risk,...

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A decade-long grassroots movement aims to deinstitutionalize nursing home (NH) environments and individualize care. Coined “NH Culture Change” the is often described by its resident-centered/directed care focus. While empirical data of “culture change’s” costs benefits are limited, it broadly viewed as beneficial widely promoted. Still, debate abounds regarding barriers adoption. We used from a Web-based survey 1,147 long-term specialists (including NH other providers, consumers/advocates,...

Despite the growing use of online resources, it is unclear how many Americans are using World Wide Web for different health-related purposes and whether factors promoting Internet in health care correspond with those affecting more traditional in-person telemedicine encounters. This research uses a national public opinion survey to examine degree which consumers communicate through conventional, face-to-face consultation, telemedicine, or digital technology, relationship between these means...

Chronic stress weakens the immune system and leads to heightened bodily inflammation, which in turn is linked with serious health conditions. This study examined whether religiosity moderates relationship between inflammation (measured by C-reactive Protein (CRP)). A sample of 4,734 community-dwelling older adults was drawn from 2006 wave Health Retirement Study. Logistic regression used analyze chronic (8-item index), (high CRP level), (organizational, nonorganizational, intrinsic),...

Abstract Objective This study sheds light on the agenda-setting role of media during COVID-19 crisis by examining trends in nursing home (NH) coverage 4 leading national newspapers—The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Los Angeles Times. Method Keyword searches Nexis Uni database identified 2,039 NH-related articles published from September 2018 to June 2020. Trends frequency NH its tone (negative) prominence (average words, daily article count, opinion piece) were examined....

Few studies have examined the relationship between both structural and functional aspects of LGBT older adults' social networks their emotional wellbeing. Using data from a national sample Americans aged 50 years older, equation models were estimated to examine mediating role perceived support for network size composition depressive symptoms loneliness. Models with total size, then grouped by non-LGBT identity, age (≥50 vs <50). Total had direct indirect association wellbeing, mediated...

State health departments have placed a tremendous amount of information, data, and services online in recent years. With the significant increase resources at official sites, though, come questions concerning equity access confidentiality electronic medical materials. This paper reports on an examination public department websites maintained by 50 state governments. Using content analysis sites undertaken each year from 2000 to 2005, we investigate several dimensions accessibility privacy:...

In this article, we review state policy responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic and argue that they were driven primarily by partisan politics. Preliminary evidence suggests party affiliation of a state's Governor was most important factor shaping nature timing response. particular, find Republican Governors less likely than their Democratic counterparts issue stay‐at‐home orders and, when did them, slower do so. This finding is consistent with recent trend in U.S. health toward vertical...

A significant rebalancing of the long-term care system away from nursing homes toward home- and community-based services (HCBS) has occurred over past two decades. This article reports results Commonwealth Fund Long-Term Care Opinion Leader Survey (N = 1,147) on issues related to supporting HCBS. Respondents expressed strong enthusiasm for In particular, respondents supported system-based approaches this expansion, with majority indicating that greater coordination was single most preferred...

Context: Although observers have long highlighted the relationship of public distrust, government regulation, and media depictions nursing‐home scandals, no study has systematically analyzed way in which nursing homes been portrayed national media. This examines how were depicted four leading newspapers—the New York Times, Washington Post , Chicago Tribune Los Angeles Times —from 1999 to 2008. Methods: We used keyword searches LexisNexis database identify 1,704 articles pertaining homes....

The purpose of this study is to determine sociodemographic, clinical, and pharmacotherapeutic characteristics, especially use atypical antipsychotics, associated with incident diabetes mellitus in a population privately insured patients mental health diagnoses. Patients diagnosis stably medicated for 3-month period during January 1999 through October 2000 having no were followed December 2000. Cox proportional hazards models developed identify antipsychotic medications newly diagnosed...

Consensus is growing that long-term care delivery, regulation, and financing are no longer viable, a concern will grow more salient as the population ages. To better understand these prevailing challenges, authors interviewed experts regarding current state of in United States, attributes an ideal system, potential areas for reform. The findings highlight problem maintaining adequate workforce despite changing demographics. They also identify commonly agreed upon system—person centered,...

ABSTRACT Background: The purpose of this study is to identify factors that predict nursing home placement among community-dwelling Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with psychosis and/or agitation in a randomized clinical trial ( ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00015548). Methods: 418 participants AD enrolled the Clinical Antipsychotic Trial Intervention Effectiveness – (CATIE-AD) anti-psychotic medications and having no evidence use at baseline were followed 9 months post-random assignment...