JAMDA
November 29, 2023
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JAMDA
November 27, 2023
Implementing Dementia Caregiver Programs in Real-World Settings: Fidelity Considerations
Testing interventions in real-world settings requires fidelity monitoring to ensure implementation integrity. However, strategies to enhance, monitor, and measure fidelity deployed in efficacy trials may not be feasible in pragmatic trials or sustainable in practice. This paper reviews published translatio...
JAMDA
November 27, 2023
Pragmatic Implementation of a Music Intervention in Nursing Homes Before and During COVID-19
We conducted 2 trials of a music intervention for managing behaviors in nursing home (NH) residents with dementia, before (2019) and during (2021) the pandemic. In this report, we compare adherence fidelity across the trials using the Framework for Implementation Fidelity (FIF).
JAMDA
November 23, 2023
Transforming Nursing Home Teams: What We Can Do Now to Build a Stronger Nursing Home Workforce
JAMDA
November 23, 2023
The Impact of State Dementia Training Requirements for Nursing Homes on Antipsychotic Medication Use
Nursing home (NH) staff often report not having adequate dementia-specific knowledge to effectively care for these residents. Between 2011 and 2019, 9 states in the United States implemented dementia training requirements for NH staff. This study evaluated whether the state-mandated dementia training for N...
JAMDA
November 21, 2023
The Impact of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Program to Diagnose and Manage Ascites in Home-based Palliative Care
The objective of this study was to examine the impact of a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program among people with ascites receiving home-based palliative care by measuring the association of POCUS with ascites-related days spent out of the home, compared with outcomes before POCUS implementation. ...
JAMDA
November 21, 2023
We're Not Keeping Him Alive. We’re Keeping Him Comfortable
JAMDA
November 18, 2023
A Novel Home-Based Medication Management Program and Its Influence on Hospitalization Rates among Home Health Care Recipients
Patients do not take their medicine as prescribed 50% of the time, and of medication-related hospital admissions in the United States, 33% to 69% are due to poor medication adherence, at a cost of approximately $100 billion a year. Continue CareRx (CCRx) is a novel home-based medication management program ...
JAMDA
November 18, 2023
Nursing Home Organization Mealtimes and Staff Attitude Toward Nutritional Care: A Multicenter Observational Study
The aims of this study were to investigate the practices of registered nurses and nurse aides at mealtimes in nursing homes (NHs) and to evaluate the attitudes of health care staff toward the nutritional care of older people.
JAMDA
November 17, 2023
Social Services Post-discharge and Their Association With Readmission in a 2016 Swedish Geriatric Cohort
To describe the social services received by a 2016 Swedish cohort after discharge from inpatient geriatric care and to analyze the association between level of social services post-discharge and 30-day readmission.
Tools, knowledge, and recognition to improve vaccination rates and protect residents and staff.