Long-Term Care
"Long-Term Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Care over an extended period, usually for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care.
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D008134
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.476 N02.421.585.476
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Long-Term Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Long-Term Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2022 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2023 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Long-Term Care" by people in Profiles.
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Lam K, Cenzer I, Ankuda CK, Levy CR, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Kotwal AA. Social Participation Among Older Adults Before and After Long-Term Care Facility Entry. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Oct 01; 185(10):1257-1265.
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Sobczyk EA, Schultz EM, Shen AK, Casey DM, Roney HL, Bumpas SA, Eber LB, Fiebelkorn AP. Developing and Implementing an Intervention to Increase Immunization Coverage Among Frontline Long-Term Care Staff. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Sep; 26(9):105761.
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Lam K, Harrison JD, Haller L, Deardorff WJ, Sudore RL, Covinsky KE, Matlock DD, Dohan D. "Nobody Can Be Equipped for This": Advice From New Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 May; 73(5):1506-1516.
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Goldman CM, Rider TR, Fisher GG, Loder AL, Schwatka NV, Van Dyke MV. Designing LTC Physical Work Environments to Support Worker Well-being: A Review and Recommendations. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Jan; 26(1):105326.
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Ogilvie AC, Cole CS, Kluger BM, Lum HD. Exploring Place of Death among Individuals with Huntington's Disease in the United States. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Jan; 26(1):105304.
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Levin MJ, Ginde AA, Schmid DS, Lang N, Canniff J, Schwartz RS, Weinberg A. Effect of high dose vitamin D supplementation on subsequent immune responses to administration of the live herpes zoster vaccine to long-term care residents. Vaccine. 2024 04 02; 42(9):2278-2281.
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Lam K, Cenzer I, Levy CR, Matlock DD, Smith AK, Covinsky KE. The Natural History of Disability and Caregiving Before and After Long-Term Care Entry. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 12 01; 183(12):1295-1303.
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Kluger BM, Hudson P, Hanson LC, Bu?govà R, Creutzfeldt CJ, Gursahani R, Sumrall M, White C, Oliver DJ, Pantilat SZ, Miyasaki J. Palliative care to support the needs of adults with neurological disease. Lancet Neurol. 2023 07; 22(7):619-631.
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Dangerfield HJ, Scott JM, Zohn JH, Segal DL, Benton MJ. Relationship between anxiety and quality of life among older adults with self-reported polypharmacy in long-term care: A cross-sectional study. J Adv Nurs. 2023 Sep; 79(9):3559-3568.
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Araya AX, Palacios J, Oyanedel F, Iriarte E. Providing Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experience of Formal Caregivers in Long-Term Care Facilities in Chile. J Gerontol Nurs. 2023 May; 49(5):39-44.
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