JAMDA
March 6, 2019
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JAMDA
November 11, 2025
Two Easy-to-Use Scores to Identify Acute Geriatric Patients With High Rehabilitation Success
Many geriatric patients who would benefit from a stay in an acute geriatric ward (AGW) are not identified because of the lack of objective and standardized predictive measures for rehabilitation success. We thus aimed to develop 2 easy-to-use, standardized predictive scores, Discharged Home Score (DHS) and...
Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2026
A Fresh Look at Falls: Updated Definitions and Requirements for Documentation and Assessment
Over 14 million older adults report falling every year, and these falls often result in injuries, some of them serious. Post-acute and long-term care facilities have long focused on fall prevention, but the recently revised LTC Surveyor Guidance includes changes that impact how teams define, manage, and do...
JAMDA
November 2, 2023
Influences of Cognitive Function and Depressive Symptoms on Pain Trajectories During the First Year Following Hip Fracture Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study
The purposes of this study were to explore trajectories for patterns of postoperative pain intensity during the first year following hip fracture surgery and the relationships between pain trajectory groups, cognitive impairment, and depressive symptoms.
JAMDA
May 14, 2025
Days at Home for Older Adults Receiving a Remote Monitoring Intervention Compared with Usual Home Care Recipients
Many older adults will experience physical and or cognitive decline, limiting their ability to live independently. To better support these individuals, remote monitoring programs use technology to track patient falls, location, and medication adherence. Our main objective was to compare outcomes of patient...
JAMDA
October 9, 2025
Care Trajectories for a Cohort of First-Time Nursing Home Admissions: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study in Minnesota
This study modeled 5-year care trajectories of first-time, dual-eligible older adults admitted to Minnesota nursing homes (NHs), capturing discharges to the community, NH readmissions, hospitalizations, and mortality. A secondary aim was to examine associations between care trajectories and dementia, basel...
PALTmed In The News
February 26, 2025
Assessment tool can help assisted living staff create ‘meaningful moments’ for residents with dementia
Researchers have developed an assessment tool to help assisted living communities create personalized engagement plans to ensure that residents living with dementia are participating in meaningful activities. As a bonus, they said, the tool requires little staff time and is associated with limited or no co...
JAMDA
June 1, 2019
Bilateral Anterior Thigh Thickness: A New Diagnostic Tool for the Identification of Low Muscle Mass?
To develop an ultrasonographic scanning protocol that included an assessment of muscle size [the proposed Bilateral Anterior Thigh Thickness (BATT)] and quality (echogenicity) to support the diagnosis of sarcopenia in a clinical setting. To determine the relationship of BATT and ultrasound echogenicity wit...
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
February 17, 2020