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JAMDA
September 23, 2022
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Podcast
September 23, 2022
AMDA On-The-Hill | September 2022
Podcast
September 21, 2022
FMDA Journal Club | Resident Wishes: DNR, POLST, Advanced Care Planning, and More
JAMDA
September 21, 2022
Development of a 30-Day Readmission Risk Calculator for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting
Readmission to acute care from the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) setting is potentially preventable and an important target of quality improvement and cost savings. The objective of this study was to develop a risk calculator to predict 30-day all-cause readmissions from the IRF setting.
JAMDA
September 21, 2022
Decision Aid Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons With Advanced Dementia in Decision-Making About Feeding Options: A Scoping Review
We provided an overview of the literature on decision aid interventions for family caregivers of older adults with advanced dementia regarding decision making about tube feeding. We synthesized (1) the use of theory during the development, implementation, and evaluation of decision aids; (2) the developmen...
JAMDA
September 19, 2022
A Description of Interventions Prompted by Preoperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Optimization in Older Elective Noncardiac Surgical Patients
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), a multicomponent, complex intervention, can be used to improve perioperative outcomes. This study aimed to describe the actions and interventions prompted by preoperative CGA and optimization in elective noncardiac, older, surgical patients.
JAMDA
September 19, 2022
Utility of the Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation, Illness, and Loss of weight Scale in Older Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
To compare the Fried criteria for frailty diagnosis with the Frailty Screening Index (FSI) and the fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illness, and loss of weight (FRAIL) scale in older patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD).
JAMDA
September 16, 2022
Combined Effects of Cognitive Impairment and Nutritional Trajectories on Functional Recovery for Older Patients after Hip-Fracture Surgery
Malnutrition and cognitive impairment are associated with poor functional recovery in older adults following hip-fracture surgery. This study examined the combined effects of cognitive impairment and nutritional trajectories on postoperative functional recovery for older adults following hip-fracture surge...
News Release
September 16, 2022
AMDA Applauds Bill Calling for Public Disclosure of Medical Directors
The bill calls for nursing homes to provide information on their medical directors to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The agency would then publish these details on the Care Compare website, where patients and their families could access this critical intelligence.
JAMDA
September 16, 2022