Selected Publications

2018

• Wang J, Dietrich MS, Simmons SF, Cowan RL, Monroe TB. Pain interference and depressive symptoms in communicative people with Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study. Aging & mental health. 2018 Jun;22(22). 808-812. PMID: 28466655 [PubMed]
• Simmons SF, Coelho CS, Sandler A, Schnelle JF. A Quality Improvement System to Manage Feeding Assistance Care in Assisted-Living. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018 Mar;19(19). 262-269. PMID: 29402650 [PubMed]
• Cohn JA, Shah AS, Goggins KM, Simmons SF, Kripalani S, Dmochowski RR, Schnelle JF, Reynolds WS. Health literacy, cognition, and urinary incontinence among geriatric inpatients discharged to skilled nursing facilities. Neurourology and urodynamics. 2018 Feb;37(37). 854-860. PMID: 28762548 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5794668 NIHMSID: NIHMS900128.

2017

• Jacobsen JML, Schnelle JF, Saraf AA, Long EA, Vasilevskis EE, Kripalani S, Simmons SF. Preventability of Hospital Readmissions From Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Consumer Perspective. The Gerontologist. 2017 Nov 10;57(57). 1123-1132. PMID: 27927728 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5881659
• Simmons SF, Coelho CS, Sandler A, Shah AS, Schnelle JF. Managing Person-Centered Dementia Care in an Assisted Living Facility: Staffing and Time Considerations. The Gerontologist. 2017 Jun 2. PMID: 28575376 [PubMed]
• Simmons SF, Bonnett KR, Hollingsworth E, Kim J, Powers J, Habermann R, Newhouse P, Schlundt DG. Reducing Antipsychotic Medication Use in Nursing Homes: A Qualitative Study of Nursing Staff Perceptions. The Gerontologist. 2017 May 30. PMID: 28575301 [PubMed]
• Simmons SF, Hollingsworth EK, Long EA, Liu X, Shotwell MS, Keeler E, An R, Silver HJ. Training Nonnursing Staff to Assist with Nutritional Care Delivery in Nursing Homes: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2017 Feb;65(65). 313-322. PMID: 28198565 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5315268 NIHMSID: NIHMS797049.
• Vasilevskis EE, Ouslander JG, Mixon AS, Bell SP, Jacobsen JM, Saraf AA, Markley D, Sponsler KC, Shutes J, Long EA, Kripalani S, Simmons SF, Schnelle JF. Potentially Avoidable Readmissions of Patients Discharged to Post-Acute Care: Perspectives of Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility Staff. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2017 Feb;65(65). 269-276. PMID: 27981557 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5311021 NIHMSID: NIHMS805904.

2016

• Brummel NE, Ely EW. Update in Critical Care Medicine: Evidence Published in 2015. Annals of internal medicine. 2016 Dec 3;164(164). W15-20. PMID: 27136226 [PubMed]
• Marra MV, Simmons SF, Shotwell MS, Hudson A, Hollingsworth EK, Long E, Kuertz B, Silver HJ. Elevated Serum Osmolality and Total Water Deficit Indicate Impaired Hydration Status in Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities Regardless of Low or High Body Mass Index. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2016 Dec;116(116). 828-836.e2. PMID: 27126154 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4852282 NIHMSID: NIHMS756782.
• Simmons SF, Schnelle JF, Saraf AA, Simon Coelho C, Jacobsen JM, Kripalani S, Bell S, Mixon A, Vasilevskis EE. Pain and Satisfaction With Pain Management Among Older Patients During the Transition From Acute to Skilled Nursing Care. The Gerontologist. 2016 Dec;56(56). 1138-1145. PMID: 26185153 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5181387
• Bell SP, Saraf AA. Epidemiology of Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 2016 Dec;32(32). 215-26. PMID: 27113142 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5572192 NIHMSID: NIHMS858932.
• Schnelle JF, Schroyer LD, Saraf AA, Simmons SF. Determining Nurse Aide Staffing Requirements to Provide Care Based on Resident Workload: A Discrete Event Simulation Model. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2016 Nov 1;17(17). 970-977. PMID: 27780572 [PubMed]
• Saraf AA, Petersen AW, Simmons SF, Schnelle JF, Bell SP, Kripalani S, Myers AP, Mixon AS, Long EA, Jacobsen JM, Vasilevskis EE. Medications associated with geriatric syndromes and their prevalence in older hospitalized adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities. Journal of hospital medicine. 2016 Oct;11(11). 694-700. PMID: 27255830 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5048583 NIHMSID: NIHMS816784.
• Simmons SF, Bell S, Saraf AA, Coelho CS, Long EA, Jacobsen JM, Schnelle JF, Vasilevskis EE. Stability of Geriatric Syndromes in Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2016 Oct;64(64). 2027-2034. PMID: 27590032 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5072988 NIHMSID: NIHMS783169.
• Hollingsworth EK, Long EA, Simmons SF. Comparison Between Quality of Care Provided by Trained Feeding Assistants and Certified Nursing Assistants During Between-Meal Supplementation in Long-Term Care Settings. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2016 Sep 1. 733464816669806 p. PMID: 27664171 [PubMed]
• Simmons SF, Schnelle JF, Sathe NA, Slagle JM, Stevenson DG, Carlo ME, McPheeters ML. Defining Safety in the Nursing Home Setting: Implications for Future Research. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2016 Jun 1;17(17). 473-81. PMID: 27235760 [PubMed]
• Han JH, Wilson A, Graves AJ, Shintani A, Schnelle JF, Ely EW. A quick and easy delirium assessment for nonphysician research personnel. The American journal of emergency medicine. 2016 Jun;34(34). 1031-6. PMID: 27021131 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4899095 NIHMSID: NIHMS772098.
• Bell SP, Vasilevskis EE, Saraf AA, Jacobsen JM, Kripalani S, Mixon AS, Schnelle JF, Simmons SF. Geriatric Syndromes in Hospitalized Older Adults Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2016 Apr;64(64). 715-22. PMID: 27059831 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4840035 NIHMSID: NIHMS743696.
• Schnelle JF, Simmons SF. Managing Agitation and Aggression in Congregate Living Settings: Efficacy and Implementation Challenges. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2016 Mar;64(64). 489-91. PMID: 27000322 [PubMed]
• Harrington C, Schnelle JF, McGregor M, Simmons SF. The Need for Higher Minimum Staffing Standards in U.S. Nursing Homes. Health services insights. 9(9). 13-9. PMID: 27103819 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4833431
• Bell SP, Patel N, Patel N, Sonani R, Badheka A, Forman DE. Care of older adults. Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC. 2016 Jan;13(13). 1-7. PMID: 26918006 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4753005

2015

• Morandi A, Onder G, Fodri L, Sanniti A, Schnelle J, Simmons S, Landi F, Gentile S, Trabucchi M, Bellelli G. The Association Between the Probability of Sarcopenia and Functional Outcomes in Older Patients Undergoing In-Hospital Rehabilitation. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2015 Nov 1;16(16). 951-6. PMID: 26089115 [PubMed]
• Bell SP, Orr NM, Dodson JA, Rich MW, Wenger NK, Blum K, Harold JG, Tinetti ME, Maurer MS, Forman DE. What to Expect From the Evolving Field of Geriatric Cardiology. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2015 Sep 15;66(66). 1286-1299. PMID: 26361161 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5374740 NIHMSID: NIHMS793513.
• Bell SP, Schnelle J, Nwosu SK, Schildcrout J, Goggins K, Cawthon C, Mixon AS, Vasilevskis EE, Kripalani S. Development of a multivariable model to predict vulnerability in older American patients hospitalised with cardiovascular disease. BMJ open. 2015 Aug 27;5(5). e008122. PMID: 26316650 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4554894
• Han JH, Vasilevskis EE, Schnelle JF, Shintani A, Dittus RS, Wilson A, Ely EW. The Diagnostic Performance of the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale for Detecting Delirium in Older Emergency Department Patients. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2015 Jul;22(22). 878-82. PMID: 26113020 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4516221 NIHMSID: NIHMS686263.
• Brummel NE, Balas MC, Morandi A, Ferrante LE, Gill TM, Ely EW. Understanding and reducing disability in older adults following critical illness. Critical care medicine. 2015 Jun;43(43). 1265-75. PMID: 25756418 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4640688 NIHMSID: NIHMS732115.
• Ouslander JG, Schnelle JF, Han J. Is this really an emergency? Reducing potentially preventable emergency department visits among nursing home residents. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2015 May 1;16(16). 354-7. PMID: 25748816 [PubMed]
• Mixon AS, Neal E, Bell S, Powers JS, Kripalani S. Care transitions: a leverage point for safe and effective medication use in older adults--a mini-review. Gerontology. 61(61). 32-40. PMID: 25277280 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4479140 NIHMSID: NIHMS698941.

2014

• Han JH, Vasilevskis EE, Shintani A, Graves AJ, Schnelle JF, Dittus RS, Powers JS, Wilson A, Storrow AB, Ely EW. Impaired arousal at initial presentation predicts 6-month mortality: an analysis of 1084 acutely ill older patients. Journal of hospital medicine. 2014 Dec;9(9). 772-8. PMID: 25352356 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4326096 NIHMSID: NIHMS634409.
• Simmons SF, Durkin DW, Rahman AN, Schnelle JF, Beuscher LM. The value of resident choice during daily care: do staff and families differ? Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2014 Sep;33(33). 655-71. PMID: 25143465 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4142524 NIHMSID: NIHMS561465.
• Han JH, Schnelle JF, Ely EW. The relationship between a chief complaint of "altered mental status" and delirium in older emergency department patients. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2014 Aug;21(21). 937-40. PMID: 25154589 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4150739 NIHMSID: NIHMS603150.
• Durkin DW, Shotwell MS, Simmons SF. The impact of family visitation on feeding assistance quality in nursing homes. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2014 Aug;33(33). 586-602. PMID: 24652932 [PubMed]
• Monroe TB, Misra SK, Habermann RC, Dietrich MS, Cowan RL, Simmons SF. Pain reports and pain medication treatment in nursing home residents with and without dementia. Geriatrics & gerontology international. 2014 Jul;14(14). 541-8. PMID: 24020433 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4850825 NIHMSID: NIHMS779938.
• Brummel NE, Girard TD, Ely EW, Pandharipande PP, Morandi A, Hughes CG, Graves AJ, Shintani A, Murphy E, Work B, Pun BT, Boehm L, Gill TM, Dittus RS, Jackson JC. Feasibility and safety of early combined cognitive and physical therapy for critically ill medical and surgical patients: the Activity and Cognitive Therapy in ICU (ACT-ICU) trial. Intensive care medicine. 2014 Mar;40(40). 370-9. PMID: 24257969 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3943568 NIHMSID: NIHMS543089.
• Han JH, Wilson A, Graves AJ, Shintani A, Schnelle JF, Dittus RS, Powers JS, Vernon J, Storrow AB, Ely EW. Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit in older emergency department patients. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2014 Feb;21(21). 180-7. PMID: 24673674 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4034173 NIHMSID: NIHMS545314.
• Meyers AG, Salanitro A, Wallston KA, Cawthon C, Vasilevskis EE, Goggins KM, Davis CM, Rothman RL, Castel LD, Donato KM, Schnelle JF, Bell SP, Schildcrout JS, Osborn CY, Harrell FE, Kripalani S. Determinants of health after hospital discharge: rationale and design of the Vanderbilt Inpatient Cohort Study (VICS). BMC health services research. 2014 Jan 8;14(14). 10 p. PMID: 24397292 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3893361
• Runganga M, Peel NM, Hubbard RE. Multiple medication use in older patients in post-acute transitional care: a prospective cohort study. Clinical interventions in aging. 9(9). 1453-62. PMID: 25214773 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4158998
• Rahman AN, Schnelle JF, Osterweil D. Implementing toileting trials in nursing homes: evaluation of a dissemination strategy. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.). 35(35). 283-9. PMID: 24746672 [PubMed]
• Bell SP, Saraf A. Risk stratification in very old adults: how to best gauge risk as the basis of management choices for patients aged over 80. Progress in cardiovascular diseases. 57(57). 197-203. PMID: 25216619 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4174544 NIHMSID: NIHMS629069.

2013

• Simmons SF, Sims N, Durkin DW, Shotwell MS, Erwin S, Schnelle JF. The quality of feeding assistance care practices for long-term care veterans: implications for quality improvement efforts. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2013 Sep;32(32). 669-86. PMID: 25474793 [PubMed]
• Simmons SF, Durkin DW, Shotwell MS, Erwin S, Schnelle JF. A staff training and management intervention in VA long-term care: impact on feeding assistance care quality. Translational behavioral medicine. 2013 Jun;3(3). 189-99. PMID: 24073169 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3717980
• Schnelle JF, Rahman A, Durkin DW, Beuscher L, Choi L, Simmons SF. A controlled trial of an intervention to increase resident choice in long term care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2013 May;14(14). 345-51. PMID: 23294967 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3637865 NIHMSID: NIHMS433578.
• Buchowski MS, Simmons SF, Whitaker LE, Powers J, Beuscher L, Choi L, Ikizler TA, Chen K, Shnelle JF. Fatigability as a function of physical activity energy expenditure in older adults. Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands). 2013 Feb;35(35). 179-87. PMID: 22113348 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3543733
• Simmons SF, Durkin DW, Rahman AN, Choi L, Beuscher L, Schnelle JF. Resident characteristics related to the lack of morning care provision in long-term care. The Gerontologist. 2013 Feb;53(53). 151-61. PMID: 22565494 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3551209
• Dellefield ME, Kelly A, Schnelle JF. Quality assurance and performance improvement in nursing homes: using evidence-based protocols to observe nursing care processes in real time. Journal of nursing care quality. 28(28). 43-51. PMID: 22902936 [PubMed]
• Silver HJ, Wall R, Hollingsworth E, Pruitt A, Shotwell M, Simmons S. Simple kcal/kg formula is comparable to prediction equations for estimating resting energy expenditure in older cognitively impaired long term care residents. The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2013 Jan;17(17). 39-44. PMID: 23299377 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4957543 NIHMSID: NIHMS601614.

2012

• Durkin DW, Umayam SP, Sims N, Cleeton P, Simmons SF. Whom do veteran nursing home residents prefer to talk to about satisfaction with care?: implications for nursing staff. Journal of gerontological nursing. 2012 Dec;38(38). 38-45. PMID: 23189996 [PubMed]
• Morandi A, McCurley J, Vasilevskis EE, Fick DM, Bellelli G, Lee P, Jackson JC, Shenkin SD, Marcotrabucchi, Schnelle J, Inouye SK, Ely EW, Ely WE, MacLullich A. Tools to detect delirium superimposed on dementia: a systematic review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2012 Nov;60(60). 2005-13. PMID: 23039270 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3498536 NIHMSID: NIHMS398822.
• Rahman AN, Applebaum RA, Schnelle JF, Simmons SF. Translating research into practice in nursing homes: can we close the gap? The Gerontologist. 2012 Oct;52(52). 597-606. PMID: 22394494 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3463418
• Choi L, Ward SC, Schnelle JF, Buchowski MS. Assessment of wear/nonwear time classification algorithms for triaxial accelerometer. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2012 Oct;44(44). 2009-16. PMID: 22525772 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3443532 NIHMSID: NIHMS375449.
• Schnelle JF, Buchowski MS, Ikizler TA, Durkin DW, Beuscher L, Simmons SF. Evaluation of two fatigability severity measures in elderly adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2012 Aug;60(60). 1527-33. PMID: 22860899 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3419324 NIHMSID: NIHMS375125.
• Rahman AN, Simmons SF, Applebaum R, Lindabury K, Schnelle JF. The coach is in: improving nutritional care in nursing homes. The Gerontologist. 2012 Aug;52(52). 571-80. PMID: 22048808 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3391380
• Rahman AN, Schnelle JF, Applebaum R, Lindabury K, Simmons S. Distance coursework and coaching to improve nursing home incontinence care: lessons learned. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2012 Jun;60(60). 1157-64. PMID: 22642640 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3375042 NIHMSID: NIHMS358638.

2011

• Simmons SF, Rahman A, Beuscher L, Jani V, Durkin DW, Schnelle JF. Resident-directed long-term care: staff provision of choice during morning care. The Gerontologist. 2011 Dec;51(51). 867-75. PMID: 21719629 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3220665
• Morandi A, Vasilevskis EE, Pandharipande PP, Girard TD, Solberg LM, Neal EB, Koestner T, Torres R, Thompson JL, Shintani AK, Han JH, Schnelle J, Fick DM, Ely EW, Kripalani S. Inappropriate medications in elderly ICU survivors: where to intervene? Archives of internal medicine. 2011 Jun 13;171(171). 1032-4. PMID: 21670372 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3575737 NIHMSID: NIHMS429338.
• Han JH, Bryce SN, Ely EW, Kripalani S, Morandi A, Shintani A, Jackson JC, Storrow AB, Dittus RS, Schnelle J. The effect of cognitive impairment on the accuracy of the presenting complaint and discharge instruction comprehension in older emergency department patients. Annals of emergency medicine. 2011 Jun;57(57). 662-671.e2. PMID: 21272958 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3603343 NIHMSID: NIHMS428987.
• Han JH, Eden S, Shintani A, Morandi A, Schnelle J, Dittus RS, Storrow AB, Ely EW. Delirium in older emergency department patients is an independent predictor of hospital length of stay. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2011 May;18(18). 451-7. PMID: 21521405 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3768130 NIHMSID: NIHMS471808.