JAMDA
April 10, 2023
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Spotlight
March 2, 2023
Raising the Profile, Meeting Challenges, Educating Teams: AL Subcommittee Does It All
Assisted living (AL) is a growing, evolving, and changing sector of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC).
JAMDA
March 1, 2023
Pathways into Assisted Living Communities: Admission Limitations and Assessment Requirements Across the United States
Limitations to admission play a critical role in shaping the composition of residents residing within licensed assisted living (AL) communities.
JAMDA
February 24, 2023
Apolipoprotein E ε4 Modifies the Effect of Possible Anticholinergic Drugs on Incident Dementia: The Shanghai Aging Study
To validate the hypothesis that apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 modifies the effect of possible anticholinergic drugs (PACDs) on incident dementia among older adults.
JAMDA
February 6, 2023
Examining the Validity and Utility of Montreal Cognitive Assessment Domain Scores for Early Neurocognitive Disorders
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) total scores have been widely used to identify individuals with neurocognitive disorders (NCDs), but the utility of its domain-specific scores have yet to be thoroughly interrogated. This study aimed to validate MoCA's 6 domain-specific scores (ie, Memory, Language...
JAMDA
January 19, 2023
What Tools Can We Use to Screen for Fall Risk in Older Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment? Findings from the MEMENTO Cohort
Identifying risk factors for falls can improve outcomes in older patients without cognitive decline. Yet this has not been demonstrated in older people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We therefore sought to better identify risk factors for falls in this particular group.
JAMDA
August 8, 2022
Excess Mortality Among Assisted Living Residents With Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To evaluate whether assisted living (AL) residents with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) experienced a greater rate of excess all-cause mortality during the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to residents without ADRD, and to compare excess all-cause mortality rates in m...
JAMDA
February 20, 2022
Sunbeam Program Reduces Rate of Falls in Long-Term Care Residents With Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: Subgroup Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
The Sunbeam trial significantly reduced falls in long-term aged care (LTC) residents. The current study's primary objective was to undertake subgroup analysis of the Sunbeam trial, to determine whether the intervention was effective for reducing falls in LTC residents with mild-moderate cognitive impa...
JAMDA
November 29, 2021
Alzheimer's Disease THErapy With NEuroaid (ATHENE): A Randomized Double-Blind Delayed-Start Trial
Preclinical and clinical studies indicate a role for MLC901 (NeuroAiD II) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The primary aim was to investigate its safety as add-on therapy to standard treatment and the secondary aims its effect on cognition and slowing disease progression.
JAMDA
October 14, 2021
Performance-Based vs Informant-Reported Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Predicting Dementia
Identifying individuals at risk of developing dementia may be aided by early detection of functional impairments. The aims of the present study were to examine differences in informant-reported and performance-based measures of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and to assess whether a performa...
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