JAMDA
November 25, 2024
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JAMDA
November 25, 2024
Clinical Predictors of Mortality in People with Severe Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Dementia significantly impacts quality of life, health care costs, and caregiver burden, being a leading cause of death among older adults. We investigated predictors of mortality in people with severe behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
JAMDA
November 18, 2024
Measurement Practice of Slow Gait Speed for Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Individuals with motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome have a high dementia risk. However, a knowledge gap exists in the measurement procedure for slow gait speed, which is a crucial component of MCR diagnosis. The study aimed to systematically review slow gait speed measurement practices in MCR diagnosis ...
JAMDA
November 18, 2024
Nursing Home Staffing Levels and Resident Characteristics in Larger Versus Smaller Chains
To analyze patient and facility characteristics associated with smaller versus larger nursing home (NH) chains.
JAMDA
November 17, 2024
A Nursing Home Clinician Survey to Explain Gabapentinoid Increases
Survey nursing home (NH) clinicians about the indications for NH gabapentinoid use, the factors driving increased prescribing, and their experiences with gabapentinoid deprescribing.
JAMDA
November 16, 2024
Value of eReaders to Mitigate Apathy and Reduce the Digital Divide in Long-Term Care Settings
JAMDA
November 15, 2024
Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Zinc Deficiency: A Study of a Rural Nursing Home
JAMDA
November 15, 2024
Dissociation in Long-Term Care Home Staff During COVID-19: Challenges and Promising Practices
Long-term care (LTC) staff may develop dissociation due to high-stress work environments and trauma exposures. This study aimed to (1) assess the prevalence of pathological dissociation in LTC home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) examine the associations of pathological dissociation with demographi...
JAMDA
November 15, 2024
Frailty Risk Patterns and Mortality Prediction in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
Frailty is a heterogeneous syndrome with distinct patterns. This study aimed to identify frailty risk patterns and their predictive value for mortality in older adults.
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...
