Palmer, Jennifer A.
Parker, Victoria A.
Barre, Lacey R.
Mor, Vincent
Volandes, Angelo E.
Belanger, Emmanuelle
Loomer, Lacey
McCreedy, Ellen
Mitchell, Susan L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Aging (UH3AG49619, UH3AG49619, UH3AG49619, UH3AG49619, T32AG023480, 2T32AG023482-13, K24AG033640)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (4T32HS000011)
Article History
Received: 20 April 2019
Accepted: 13 September 2019
First Online: 28 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial was approved by Brown University’s institutional review board, protocol 1408001112. The institutional review board deemed the study minimal risk, and individual consent was waived.
: Not applicable.
: JAP, VAP, LRB, EB, LL, EM, and SLM declare that they have no competing interests.VM holds stock in PointRight, Inc. an information services company whose clients are the nursing home industry; chairs the independent quality committee for HRC Manor Care, Inc.; chairs a scientific advisory committee for NaviHealth, a post-acute care service organization; serves as a technical expert panel member on several Center for Medicare/Medicaid quality measurement panels; and is a member of the board of directors of Tufts Health Plan Foundation, Hospice Care of Rhode Island, and the Jewish Alliance of Rhode Island.AEV is president of Nous Foundation, Inc. (), a not-for profit (501[c]3) foundation that disseminates educational videos. AEV has a financial interest in the not-for-profit, which was reviewed and is managed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare in accordance with their conflict of interest policies.