Kenneth Lam
@drklam.bsky.social
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Geriatrician, health services researcher, and Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado.
New paper in
@jamainternalmed.com
! In it, we use data to examine a commonly held belief about what moving into a nursing home or assisted living facility (also known as a long-term care facility; or LTCF) does to your social life.
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Socializing the Benefits of Entering Long-Term Care
In a 2024 US national poll 33% of older adults (age 50-80 years) reported experiencing loneliness and 29% reported feeling socially isolated.1 Nursing homes and assisted living facilities (collectivel...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2836936
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I'm proud to announce our new paper! Moving to a long-term care facility is a major late life decision. I know I've often benefitted from others' advice for my major life decisions. So I wondered: what advice is there for moving into an LTCF?
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“Nobody Can Be Equipped for This”: Advice From New Residents of Long‐Term Care Facilities
Background The transition into a long-term care facility (LTCF) is difficult for older adults, prompting calls for clinicians to help guide and plan. Yet we know little about how those with lived ex...
https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jgs.19405
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