JAMDA
February 26, 2025
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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
January 28, 2025
Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity at any Dose Reduces All-Cause Dementia Risk Regardless of Frailty Status
Reaching the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) recommendations of 150 min/wk is difficult for older adults, particularly among those living with frailty and its associated risk of dementia. We examined the dose-response relationship between MVPA and dementia risk among at-risk persons living wi...
JAMDA
January 16, 2025
Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: Telemedicine Mental Health Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic
To examine racial and ethnic differences in telemedicine mental health (tele-MH) use among nursing home (NH) long-stay residents with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) during the pandemic.
JAMDA
January 10, 2025
Effects of Nursing Home Changes in Antipsychotic Use on Outcomes among Residents with Dementia
Little information exists on whether nationwide efforts to reduce antipsychotic use among nursing home (NH) residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias improved mortality and hospitalization outcomes for residents. Our objective was to examine the effect of NH decreases in antipsychotic u...
JAMDA
November 15, 2024
Knowledge and Attitudes toward New Disease-Modifying Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease among Nursing Home Directors
Nursing home (NH) administrator perceptions regarding the utility of Alzheimer's disease (AD) disease-modifying medications in NHs are important because many short and long-stay residents have mild AD. This study examined the interest of directors of nursing (DoNs) in using new AD disease-modifying tr...
JAMDA
November 6, 2024
Hospitalization Due to Infections before and after Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis
There is a lack of studies on the rate and temporal changes of infections in relation to Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis. We studied the infection rate in persons with and without AD yearly 5 years before and after AD diagnosis.
Podcast
October 9, 2024
PALTtalk with JAMDA | September 2024
JAMDA
June 19, 2024
Contrast Sensitivity, Visual Field, Color Vision, Motion Perception, and Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review
To examine relationships between visual function (ie, contrast sensitivity, visual field, color vision, and motion perception) and cognitive impairment, including any definition of “cognitive impairment,” mild cognitive impairment, or dementia.
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.
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