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JAMDA
July 5, 2018
Sarcopenia is a common geriatric syndrome, whose diagnosis implies the assessment of muscle mass. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the reference method for clinical practice, but it is not universally available. We compared DXA with 2 anthropometry-based methods to assess muscle mass in older adul...
JAMDA
February 7, 2015
Incident reports guide fall prevention efforts in long-term care (LTC) facilities, often based on descriptions of how falls occurred. The validity of these reports is poorly understood. We examined agreement on fall characteristics between fall incident reports and analysis of video footage of real-life fa...
JAMDA
March 31, 2025
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common, treatable, sensorimotor disorder of nighttime uncomfortable leg sensations that interfere with sleep, may prompt nighttime agitation in persons with dementia.
JAMDA
December 9, 2016
Although a growing body of evidence suggests that culture change and its corollary, person-centered care improves resident outcomes in the nursing home setting, little is known about the effect of culture change in a postacute setting in which patients receive skilled nursing and rehabilitation services fo...
JAMDA
February 22, 2023
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
May 19, 2020
Despite the wide usage of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) neuropsychological battery for the detection of vascular cognitive impairment, its reliability and validity have not been established. Therefore, the present study established the p...
JAMDA
November 2, 2015
Cognitive training (CT) offers a potential approach for dementia prevention and maintenance of cognitive function in older adults. Online delivery provides a cost-effective means of implementing CT compared with in-person interventions, with the potential of providing an effective public health interventio...
JAMDA
March 11, 2022
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 mandates using standardized patient functional data across post-acute settings. This study characterized similarities and differences in clinician-observed scores of self-care and transfer items for the standardized section GG functional dom...
JAMDA
June 14, 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Polypharmacy-CNS (Poly-CNS) quality metric identifies individuals taking multiple medications with central nervous system side effects. The Poly-CNS measure may reduce risky prescribing for persons living with dementia (PLWD).
Policy Snapshot
January 5, 2024
CMS has opened data submission for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participated in the 2023 performance year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Data can be submitted and updated until 8:00 PM ET on April 1, 2024.