JAMDA
June 24, 2025
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PALTmed In The News
June 20, 2025
10 minutes a day of personalized engagement improves quality of life for residents with dementia, study finds
Just 10 minutes of personalized engagement a day can have a profound positive effect on people living with dementia, according to the results of a new study that included a pilot of the program by a senior living and care provider. The results were published in the August 2025 issue of JAMDA, the Journal o...
PALTmed In The News
February 26, 2025
Assessment tool can help assisted living staff create ‘meaningful moments’ for residents with dementia
Researchers have developed an assessment tool to help assisted living communities create personalized engagement plans to ensure that residents living with dementia are participating in meaningful activities. As a bonus, they said, the tool requires little staff time and is associated with limited or no co...
JAMDA
February 8, 2025
Describing Dementia Specialty Care Units in US Nursing Homes: Leveraging National Survey Data From HARBORS and LTCfocus
Nursing home dementia specialty care units are highly publicized as beneficial for residents with dementia, but we know little about these units and what makes them “special.” Leveraging primary data from a national survey of nursing home representatives and the LTCfocus data, this study aims to describe c...
JAMDA
February 7, 2025
Effects of Visitation Restriction on Antipsychotic Drug Use among Nursing Home Residents with ADRD during the COVID-19 Pandemic
To estimate the immediate and long-term effects of a visitor restriction policy on antipsychotic use in nursing home (NH) residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) during COVID-19.
Podcast
October 11, 2024
PALTtalk with Caring | October Issue with Special Guest Melissa McClean on a Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program
Podcast
October 9, 2024
PALTtalk with JAMDA | September 2024
JAMDA
June 14, 2024
Mental Health Treatment Among Nursing Home Residents With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
To examine the prevalence of mental health treatment among nursing home (NH) long-stay residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) and explore factors associated with utilization.
JAMDA
June 8, 2024
Prevalence and Correlates of Antipsychotic Medication Use in Oregon Assisted Living
Investigate how assisted living and residential care (AL/RC) and memory care (MC) contexts are associated with the 90-day prevalence of antipsychotic medication use (APU), considered a quality measure in long-term care.
JAMDA
June 3, 2024
Home Health Quality among Hospitalized Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia: Association with Race/Ethnicity and Dual Eligibility before and during the COVID Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, home health agencies (HHAs) discharges following acute hospitalizations increased. This study examined whether racial and ethnic minoritized and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients (ie, Medicare-Medicaid dual-eligible) were differentially discharged to below-average quali...
