“Nobody Can Be Equipped for This”: Advice From New Residents of Long‐Term Care Facilities
Unanticipated health crises catalyze entry into LTCFs. New residents advised others to prepare for, avoid, or accept LTCF entry, reflecting different strategies for approaching a unique phase of life and highlighting systemic problems that could be improved. Anticipatory guidance for LTCF transitions should acknowledge their sudden nature, these strategies, and the need for system reform.
Authors
- Daniel D. Matlock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-9642)
- Rebecca L. Sudore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4436-2209)
- James D. Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7761-7039)
- Kenneth E. Covinsky
- W. James Deardorff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7947-3008)
- Daniel Dohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7052-1288)
- Kenneth Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8148-2421)
- Landon Haller
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- San Francisco VA Health Care System (US)
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19405
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 19.71
Funders
- National Institute on Aging