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JAMDA
February 23, 2023
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JAMDA
February 22, 2023
State Variation in Antipsychotic Use Among Assisted Living Residents With Dementia
More than two-thirds of assisted living (AL) residents have dementia or cognitive impairment and antipsychotics are commonly prescribed for behavioral disturbances. As AL communities are regulated by state-level policies, which vary significantly regarding the care for people with dementia, we examined how...
JAMDA
February 21, 2023
Potential Risk Factors for, and Clinical Implications of, Delirium during Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Matched Case-Control Study
To investigate the association between a wide set of baseline characteristics (age, sex, rehabilitation discipline), functional scores [Functional Independence Measure (FIM), cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS)], diseases, and administered drugs and incident delirium in rehabilitation inpatients and, fu...
JAMDA
February 21, 2023
Care Home Residency and Its Association with Ambulance Service Workload
Care home residents comprise a significant minority of ambulance patients, but little is known about how care homes impact ambulance service workload. This study aims to quantify differences in the workload of ambulance paramedics associated with patient residence (care home vs private).
JAMDA
February 20, 2023
Exercise Guidelines to Counteract Physical Deconditioning in Long-Term Care Facilities: What to Do and How to Do It?
With age, older adults experience a decrease in muscle function and changes in body composition, which raise the risk of functional incapacity and loss of autonomy. These declines are more pronounced in older adults living in long-term care (LTC) facilities than those living in the community (ie, sarcopeni...
JAMDA
February 20, 2023
National Early Warning Scores Following Emergency Hospital Transfer: Implications for Care Home Residents
Care home residents have high rates of hospital admission. The UK National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) standardizes the secondary care response to acute illness. However, the ability of NEWS2 to predict adverse health outcomes specifically for care home residents is unknown. This study explored the relatio...
JAMDA
February 20, 2023
Socioeconomic and Ethnic Inequalities in the Progress of Multimorbidity and the Role of Health Behaviors
To assess socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in the progress of multimorbidity and whether behavioral factors explain these inequalities among older Americans.
JAMDA
February 15, 2023
Relationship Between Physical Symptoms and Loneliness in Patients with Heart Failure: The Serial Mediating Roles of Activities of Daily Living and Social Isolation
This study aimed to examine the multiple mediation effects of activities of daily living and social isolation on the relationship between physical symptoms and loneliness in patients with heart failure.
JAMDA
February 10, 2023
Nursing Home to Nursing Home Transfers during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
To examine the nursing home to nursing home transfer rates before and during the early COVID-19 pandemic and to identify risk factors associated with those transfers in a state with a policy to create COVID-19-care nursing homes.
JAMDA
February 9, 2023