JAMDA
January 26, 2024
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JAMDA
January 19, 2024
Exploring Staffing Levels in Adult Day Services: Does Profit Status Matter?
For more than 4 decades, adult day service centers (ADSCs) have provided long-term care services and socialization to hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. An important part of the long-term care continuum, ADSCs serve older adults and adults with disabilities, many of whom have low incomes...
JAMDA
January 18, 2024
Research Gaps Concerning Human-Animal Interactions and Animal-Assisted Services in Nursing Homes
JAMDA
January 18, 2024
Lifetime Physical Activity and Late-Life Mild Cognitive Impairment in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Regular physical activity throughout life is generally recommended to prevent dementia; however, there is little evidence regarding the association between lifetime physical activity and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which often precedes dementia. This study aimed to examine the association of lifetime ...
JAMDA
January 17, 2024
Palliative End-of-Life Medication Prescribing Rates in Long-Term Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Medications are often needed to manage distressing end-of-life symptoms (eg, pain, agitation).
JAMDA
January 16, 2024
Web-Based Compassion Interventions for Family Caregivers' Mental Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
To assess the effectiveness of web-based compassion interventions on the mental well-being of family caregivers.
JAMDA
January 14, 2024
Barriers and Enablers for Deprescribing Glucose-Lowering Treatment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review
Overtreatment with glucose-lowering treatment (GLT) is frequent and a source of high morbidity and mortality in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to identify and synthesize barriers and enablers for deprescribing GLT in older adults (≥65 years) with T2DM.
JAMDA
January 8, 2024
Qualitative Evaluation of a Pilot Physician Training Program in Long-Term Care Facilities in Switzerland
Increasing demand for long-term care facilities (LTCFs) and increasingly complex medical needs of LTCF residents necessitate recruiting new physician graduates and developing programs which provide them with experience and specific skills in geriatric and palliative medicine. We developed an educational pr...
JAMDA
January 8, 2024
Survival Characteristics of Older Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: Insights From the American Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry
JAMDA
January 6, 2024
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Trajectories of Cognitive Decline and Depression Symptoms in Long-Term Care Facility Residents
To compare the longitudinal rates of change in cognition and depressive symptoms between 2019 (pre–COVID-19 pandemic) and 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic) among long-term care facility (LTCF) residents in Iowa, which ranked among the top 10 US states that suffered from extreme nursing staff shortages during this c...
