JAMDA
February 3, 2024
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Spotlight
March 31, 2023
Optimizing the Use of Gabapentin: A Special Drive to Deprescribe Podcast
Medication optimization is a hot topic in post-acute and long-term care and a focus of AMDA’s very popular Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) initiative. Now practitioners have yet another opportunity to address their deprescribing challenges with a new quarterly D2D podcast. The first program addresses Optimizing...
JAMDA
April 7, 2024
Caregivers’ Burden and Anticipatory Grief Increases Acute Health Care Use in Older Adults with Severe Dementia
To assess the bidirectional association of caregivers’ burden and anticipatory grief with acute health care use (inpatient or emergency admission) among older adults with severe dementia.
JAMDA
April 30, 2024
Associations between Physical Activity and the Incidence of Cerebrovascular Disease or All-Cause Mortality among 146,742 Older Adults: A 13-Year Prospective Cohort Study
Although studies have indicated that physical activity (PA) is related to cardiovascular disease, the specific association between PA and incident cerebrovascular disease (CBVD) remains uncertain. The current study aimed to investigate the associations between PA levels and the CBVD incidence or all-cause ...
JAMDA
May 1, 2024
Symptomatic and Preventive Medication Use before and after Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis: A 10-Year Matched Cohort Study
To investigate longitudinal changes in symptomatic and preventive medication use among community-dwelling people with and without Alzheimer's disease (AD) 5 years pre- and post-AD diagnosis.
JAMDA
November 15, 2020
Health Profiles, Health Services Use, and Transition to Dementia in Inpatients With Late-Life Depression and Other Mental Illnesses
Depression has been reported as a risk factor for dementia. We compared health and health service use profiles in older people hospitalized with late-life depression and older people hospitalized with other mental illnesses and examined the transition to dementia.
JAMDA
February 1, 2025
Comparative Study of Frailty Assessment Measures in Predicting All-Cause Mortality: Insights From NHANES
The 3 most frequently utilized frailty assessment measures are the Fried criteria, FRAIL scale, and Frailty Index (FI). This study aimed to compare predictive capabilities of these 3 measures regarding all-cause mortality in the United States and to identify the key predictive variables.
Policy Snapshot
February 3, 2025
House Members Introduce Bill to Prevent Medicare Payment Cuts
On January 31, a bipartisan group of 10 House of Representatives members introduced legislation, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, aimed at halting the 2.83% Medicare payment cut to clinicians for this year. The bill also proposes a 2% payment increase to help stabilize medical pr...
JAMDA
May 23, 2024
The Use of Person-Centered Outcome Measures to Support Integrated Palliative Care for Older People: A Systematic Review
The aim was to synthesize evidence on the use of person-centered outcome measures to facilitate integrated palliative care for older people and build a logic model depicting the mechanisms through which person-centered outcome measures support integrated care.
JAMDA
May 22, 2024
Health Insurance Matters: Insurance Coverage and Health Service Use Among Direct Care Workers in the United States
Direct care workers (DCWs) play a central role in supporting individuals' health and well-being across care settings, yet may face barriers to accessing health care themselves, particularly because of high rates of uninsurance.
