Kenneth Lam

Canadian trained geriatrician now Assistant Professor @CUAnschutz. I study aging, disability, and how to define the "right" time to move to a nursing home.

[Kenneth Lam @drklam]

New paper in @JAMAInternalMed!

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.

https://t.co/q7zVSdFSKa

[Kenneth Lam @drklam]

Thank you also to @AlexSmithMD @geri_doc @cari_levy @ClaireAnkuda @IrenaCenzer and @AshwinKotwalMD for helping with the write-up and analysis of this work!

[Kenneth Lam @drklam]

New paper in @JAMAInternalMed!

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.

https://t.co/q7zVSdFSKa

[Kenneth Lam @drklam]

Thank you @NathanStall and @LonaMody for their generous editorial helping to interpret results: https://t.co/NFyjpYycvH

[Kenneth Lam @drklam]

Thank you also to @AGSJournal for publishing our work, to @dandohan for his mentorship, @landonjhaller for his help recruiting patients, and @geri_doc @Dan_Matlock @wjdeardorff @prepareforcare & James Harrison for helping me think through all we heard.

[Kenneth Lam @drklam]

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?

https://t.co/4QYG62YsHn

[Kenneth Lam @drklam]

I am extremely grateful to the residents who were willing to talk with me. We will be printing copies of this manuscript and sharing it with them.