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John F Schnelle; Linda Beuscher; Leena Choi; Daniel W Durkin; Annie Rahman; Sandra Simmons
A controlled trial of an intervention to increase resident choice in long term care.
Sandra Simmons; Linda Beuscher; Leena Choi; Daniel W Durkin; Anna N Rahman; John F Schnelle
Resident characteristics related to the lack of morning care provision in long-term care.
Maciej S Buchowski; Kong Chen; Leena Choi; T Alp Ikizler; James Powers; Sandra Simmons; Lauren E Whitaker; Linda Beuscher; John F Shnelle
Fatigability as a function of physical activity energy expenditure in older adults.

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2013: John F Schnelle; Linda Beuscher; Leena Choi; Daniel W Durkin; Annie Rahman; Sandra Simmons
A controlled trial of an intervention to increase resident choice in long term care.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013;14(5):345-51.
2013: Sandra Simmons; Linda Beuscher; Leena Choi; Daniel W Durkin; Anna N Rahman; John F Schnelle
Resident characteristics related to the lack of morning care provision in long-term care.
The Gerontologist 2013;53(1):151-61.
2013: Maciej S Buchowski; Kong Chen; Leena Choi; T Alp Ikizler; James Powers; Sandra Simmons; Lauren E Whitaker; Linda Beuscher; John F Shnelle
Fatigability as a function of physical activity energy expenditure in older adults.
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 2013;35(1):179-87.
2012: Anna N Rahman; John F Schnelle; Robert A Applebaum; Sandra Simmons
Translating research into practice in nursing homes: can we close the gap?
The Gerontologist 2012;52(5):597-606.
2012: John F Schnelle; Linda Beuscher; Maciej S Buchowski; Daniel W Durkin; Talat A Ikizler; Sandra Simmons
Evaluation of two fatigability severity measures in elderly adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012;60(8):1527-33.
2012: Anna N Rahman; Robert Applebaum; Kate Lindabury; Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle
The coach is in: improving nutritional care in nursing homes.
The Gerontologist 2012;52(4):571-80.
2011: Sandra Simmons; Linda Beuscher; Daniel W Durkin; Victoria Jani; Annie Rahman; John F Schnelle
Resident-directed long-term care: staff provision of choice during morning care.
The Gerontologist 2011;51(6):867-75.
2010: John F Schnelle; Felix W Leung; Satish S C Rao; Linda Beuscher; Emmett Keeler; Jack W Clift; Sandra Simmons
A controlled trial of an intervention to improve urinary and fecal incontinence and constipation.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2010;58(8):1504-11.
2010: Sandra Simmons; X Zhuo; Emmett Keeler
Cost-effectiveness of nutrition interventions in nursing home residents: a pilot intervention.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2010;14(5):367-72.
2009: John F Schnelle; Rosanna Bertrand; Donna Hurd; Alan White; David Squires; Marvin Feuerberg; Kelly Hickey; Sandra Simmons
The importance of standardized observations to evaluate nutritional care quality in the survey process.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2009;10(8):568-74.
2009: John F Schnelle; Rosanna Bertrand; Donna Hurd; Alan White; David Squires; Marvin Feuerberg; Kelly Hickey; Sandra Simmons
Resident choice and the survey process: the need for standardized observation and transparency.
The Gerontologist 2009;49(4):517-24.
2009: Sandra Simmons; Patrick Cleeton; Tracy Porchak
Resident complaints about the nursing home food service: relationship to cognitive status.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2009;64(3):324-7.
2009: John F Schnelle; Sandra Simmons; Linda Beuscher; Emily N Peterson; Ralf Habermann; Felix Leung
Prevalence of constipation symptoms in fecally incontinent nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009;57(4):647-52.
2009: Sandra Simmons; E N Peterson; C You
The accuracy of monthly weight assessments in nursing homes: implications for the identification of weight loss.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2009;13(3):284-8.
2008: E Whiteman; K Ward; Sandra Simmons; Catherine A Sarkisian; Alison A Moore
Testing the effect of specific orders to provide oral liquid nutritional supplements to nursing home residents: a quality improvement project.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2008;12(9):622-5.
2008: Sandra Simmons; Emmett Keeler; Xiaohui Zhuo; Kelly A Hickey; Hui-Wen Sato; John F Schnelle
Prevention of unintentional weight loss in nursing home residents: a controlled trial of feeding assistance.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2008;56(8):1466-73.
2007: Sandra Simmons; Rosanna Bertrand; Victoria Shier; Rebecca Sweetland; Therese J Moore; Donna T Hurd; John F Schnelle
A preliminary evaluation of the paid feeding assistant regulation: impact on feeding assistance care process quality in nursing homes.
The Gerontologist 2007;47(2):184-92.
2007: Sandra Simmons
Quality improvement for feeding assistance care in nursing homes.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2007;8(3 Suppl):S12-7.
2007: Lené Levy-Storms; John F Schnelle; Sandra Simmons
What do family members notice following an intervention to improve mobility and incontinence care for nursing home residents? An analysis of open-ended comments.
The Gerontologist 2007;47(1):14-20.
2006: John F Schnelle; Joseph G Ouslander; Sandra Simmons
Direct observations of nursing home care quality: Does care change when observed?
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2006;7(9):541-4.
2006: Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle
A continuous quality improvement pilot study: impact on nutritional care quality.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2006;7(8):480-5.
2006: Sandra Simmons; Ashish V Patel
Nursing home staff delivery of oral liquid nutritional supplements to residents at risk for unintentional weight loss.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006;54(9):1372-6.
2006: Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle
Feeding assistance needs of long-stay nursing home residents and staff time to provide care.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006;54(6):919-24.
2006: Sandra Simmons; Lené Levy-Storms
The effect of staff care practices on nursing home residents' preferences: implications for individualizing care.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2006;10(3):216-21.
2006: Mary P Cadogan; John F Schnelle; Nahla R Al-Sammarrai; Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani; Georgina Cabrera; Dan Osterweil; Sandra Simmons
A standardized quality assessment system to evaluate pain detection and management in the nursing home.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2006;7(3 Suppl):S11-9, S10.
2006: Sandra Simmons
Continuous quality improvement for nutritional care services in nursing homes: the importance of direct observation.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2006;7(1):61-2.
2005: Barbara M Bates-Jensen; Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle; Cathy A Alessi
Evaluating the accuracy of minimum data set bed-mobility ratings against independent performance assessments: systematic error and directions for improvement.
The Gerontologist 2005;45(6):731-8.
2005: Sandra Simmons; Lené Levy-Storms
The effect of dining location on nutritional care quality in nursing homes.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2005;9(6):434-9.
2005: Lené Levy-Storms; Sandra Simmons; Veronica F Gutierrez; Dana Miller-Martinez; Kelly Hickey; John F Schnelle
A refined protocol for coding nursing home residents' comments during satisfaction interviews.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2005;60(6):S326-S330.
2005: John F Schnelle; Dan Osterweil; Sandra Simmons
Improving the quality of nursing home care and medical-record accuracy with direct observational technologies.
The Gerontologist 2005;45(5):576-82.
2005: Sandra Simmons; Joseph G Ouslander
Resident and family satisfaction with incontinence and mobility care: sensitivity to intervention effects?
The Gerontologist 2005;45(3):318-26.
2005: Anna N Rahman; Sandra Simmons
Individualizing nutritional care with between-meal snacks for nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2005;6(3):215-8.
2005: Sandra Simmons; Kathleen A Walker; Dan Osterweil
The effect of megestrol acetate on oral food and fluid intake in nursing home residents: a pilot study.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2005;6(3 Suppl):S5-11.
2005: Sandra Simmons
Residents' care preferences as targeting criteria: measurement issues functional incidental training: applicability and feasibility in the Veterans Affairs nursing home patient population.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2005;6(2):157-8.
2005: David A Ganz; Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle
Cost-effectiveness of recommended nurse staffing levels for short-stay skilled nursing facility patients.
BMC health services research 2005;5():35.
2005: Mary P Cadogan; John F Schnelle; Nahla R Al-Sammarrai; Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani; Georgina Cabrera; Dan Osterweil; Sandra Simmons
A standardized quality assessment system to evaluate pain detection and management in the nursing home.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2005;6(1):1-9.
2004: Lily Chu; John F Schnelle; Mary P Cadogan; Sandra Simmons
Using the minimum data set to select nursing home residents for interview about pain.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004;52(12):2057-61.
2004: Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle
Individualized feeding assistance care for nursing home residents: staffing requirements to implement two interventions.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2004;59(9):M966-73.
2004: Sandra Simmons; Mary P Cadogan; G R Cabrera; Nahla R Al-Samarrai; J S Jorge; Lené Levy-Storms; Dan Osterweil; John F Schnelle
The minimum data set depression quality indicator: does it reflect differences in care processes?
The Gerontologist 2004;44(4):554-64.
2004: John F Schnelle; Barbara M Bates-Jensen; Lily Chu; Sandra Simmons
Accuracy of nursing home medical record information about care-process delivery: implications for staff management and improvement.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004;52(8):1378-83.
2004: Sandra Simmons
Selecting nursing home residents for interview.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2004;5(4):280.
2004: John F Schnelle; Barbara M Bates-Jensen; Lené Levy-Storms; Valena Grbic; June Yoshii; Mary P Cadogan; Sandra Simmons
The minimum data set prevalence of restraint quality indicator: does it reflect differences in care?
The Gerontologist 2004;44(2):245-55.
2004: John F Schnelle; Sandra Simmons; Charlene Harrington; Mary P Cadogan; Emily Garcia; Barbara M Bates-Jensen
Relationship of nursing home staffing to quality of care.
Health services research 2004;39(2):225-50.
2004: Mary P Cadogan; John F Schnelle; Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani; Georgina Cabrera; Sandra Simmons
A minimum data set prevalence of pain quality indicator: is it accurate and does it reflect differences in care processes?
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2004;59(3):281-5.
2004: Sandra Simmons; J F Schnelle
Effects of an exercise and scheduled-toileting intervention on appetite and constipation in nursing home residents.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2004;8(2):116-21.
2004: John F Schnelle; Sandra Simmons
Developing innovative models to translate guidelines into practice.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2004;5(1):55-6.
2004: Sandra Simmons; Kathleen A Walker; Dan Osterweil
The effect of megestrol acetate on oral food and fluid intake in nursing home residents: a pilot study.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2004;5(1):24-30.
2003: John F Schnelle; Mary P Cadogan; Dragan Grbic; Barbara M Bates-Jensen; Dan Osterweil; June Yoshii; Sandra Simmons
A standardized quality assessment system to evaluate incontinence care in the nursing home.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003;51(12):1754-61.
2003: Sandra Simmons; Emily T Garcia; Mary P Cadogan; Nahla R Al-Samarrai; Lené Levy-Storms; Dan Osterweil; John F Schnelle
The minimum data set weight-loss quality indicator: does it reflect differences in care processes related to weight loss?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003;51(10):1410-8.
2003: John F Schnelle; Mary P Cadogan; June Yoshii; Nahla R Al-Samarrai; Dan Osterweil; Barbara M Bates-Jensen; Sandra Simmons
The minimum data set urinary incontinence quality indicators: do they reflect differences in care processes related to incontinence?
Medical care 2003;41(8):909-22.
2003: Sandra Simmons
Should reimbursement rates be increased for feeding assistance in nursing homes?
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2003;4(1):52-3.
2003: Sandra Simmons; Helene Y Lam; Geetha Rao; John F Schnelle
Family members' preferences for nutrition interventions to improve nursing home residents' oral food and fluid intake.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003;51(1):69-74.
2002: Sandra Simmons; Bruce A Ferrell; John F Schnelle
Effects of a controlled exercise trial on pain in nursing home residents.
The Clinical journal of pain 2002;18(6):380-5.
2002: Sandra Simmons; Sarah Babineau; Emily Garcia; John F Schnelle
Quality assessment in nursing homes by systematic direct observation: feeding assistance.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2002;57(10):M665-71.
2002: John F Schnelle; Cathy A Alessi; Sandra Simmons; Nahla R Al-Samarrai; John C Beck; Joseph G Ouslander
Translating clinical research into practice: a randomized controlled trial of exercise and incontinence care with nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002;50(9):1476-83.
2002: Lené Levy-Storms; John F Schnelle; Sandra Simmons
A comparison of methods to assess nursing home residents' unmet needs.
The Gerontologist 2002;42(4):454-61.
2002: Sandra Simmons; Betty Lim; John F Schnelle
Accuracy of minimum data set in identifying residents at risk for undernutrition: oral intake and food complaints.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2002;3(3):140-5.
2001: Sandra Simmons; Dan Osterweil; John F Schnelle
Improving food intake in nursing home residents with feeding assistance: a staffing analysis.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2001;56(12):M790-4.
2001: Sandra Simmons; J F Schnelle
The identification of residents capable of accurately describing daily care: implications for evaluating nursing home care quality.
The Gerontologist 2001;41(5):605-11.
2001: Sandra Simmons; Cathy A Alessi; John F Schnelle
An intervention to increase fluid intake in nursing home residents: prompting and preference compliance.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2001;49(7):926-33.
2001: John F Schnelle; S Wood; E R Schnelle; Sandra Simmons
Measurement sensitivity and the Minimum Data Set depression quality indicator.
The Gerontologist 2001;41(3):401-5.
2000: Sandra Simmons; David B Reuben
Nutritional intake monitoring for nursing home residents: a comparison of staff documentation, direct observation, and photography methods.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2000;48(2):209-13.
1999: Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle
Strategies to measure nursing home residents' satisfaction and preferences related to incontinence and mobility care: implications for evaluating intervention effects.
The Gerontologist 1999;39(3):345-55.
1998: PA Cruise; John F Schnelle; Cathy A Alessi; Sandra Simmons; Joseph G Ouslander
The nighttime environment and incontinence care practices in nursing homes.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1998;46(2):181-6.
1997: Sandra Simmons; Boo Johansson; Steven H Zarit; B Ljungquist; Robert Plomin; Gerald E McClearn
Selection bias in samples of older twins? A comparison between octogenarian twins and singletons in Sweden.
Journal of aging and health 1997;9(4):553-67.
1997: Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle; GC Uman; A D Kulvicki; K O Lee; Joseph G Ouslander
Selecting nursing home residents for satisfaction surveys.
The Gerontologist 1997;37(4):543-50.
1996: Ron Hays; A L Siu; E Keeler; G N Marshall; R M Kaplan; Sandra Simmons; D el Mouchi; John F Schnelle
Long-term care residents' preferences for health states on the quality of well-being scale.
Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 1996;16(3):254-61.
1996: John F Schnelle; P G MacRae; K Giacobassi; H S MacRae; Sandra Simmons; Joseph G Ouslander
Exercise with physically restrained nursing home residents: maximizing benefits of restraint reduction.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996;44(5):507-12.
1996: Joseph G Ouslander; Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle; Gwen C Uman; S Fingold
Effects of prompted voiding on fecal continence among nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996;44(4):424-8.
1995: John F Schnelle; P G MacRae; Joseph G Ouslander; Sandra Simmons; M Nitta
Functional Incidental Training, mobility performance, and incontinence care with nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1995;43(12):1356-62.
1995: John F Schnelle; E Keeler; Ron Hays; Sandra Simmons; Joseph G Ouslander; A L Siu
A cost and value analysis of two interventions with incontinent nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1995;43(10):1112-7.
1995: Cathy A Alessi; John F Schnelle; P G MacRae; Joseph G Ouslander; Nahla R Al-Samarrai; Sandra Simmons; S Traub
Does physical activity improve sleep in impaired nursing home residents?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1995;43(10):1098-102.
1995: Sandra Simmons; John F Schnelle; P G MacRae; Joseph G Ouslander
Wheelchairs as mobility restraints: predictors of wheelchair activity in nonambulatory nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1995;43(4):384-8.
1994: Joseph G Ouslander; Sandra Simmons; E Tuico; J G Nigam; S Fingold; B Bates-Jensen; John F Schnelle
Use of a portable ultrasound device to measure post-void residual volume among incontinent nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1994;42(11):1189-92.
1994: John F Schnelle; P G Mac Rae; Sandra Simmons; Gwen C Uman; Joseph G Ouslander; L L Rosenquist; B Chang
Safety assessment for the frail elderly: a comparison of restrained and unrestrained nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1994;42(6):586-92.
1993: John F Schnelle; Joseph G Ouslander; Sandra Simmons; Cathy A Alessi; M D Gravel
The nighttime environment, incontinence care, and sleep disruption in nursing homes.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1993;41(9):910-4.
1993: John F Schnelle; Joseph G Ouslander; Sandra Simmons; Cathy A Alessi; M D Gravel
Nighttime sleep and bed mobility among incontinent nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1993;41(9):903-9.
1993: Joseph G Ouslander; John F Schnelle; Sandra Simmons; B Bates-Jensen; M Zeitlin
The dark side of incontinence: nighttime incontinence in nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1993;41(4):371-6.
1992: John F Schnelle; Sandra Simmons; M G Ory
Risk factors that predict staff failure to release nursing home residents from restraints.
The Gerontologist 1992;32(6):767-70.