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JAMDA
June 8, 2026
Paratonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle stiffening that affects nearly all individuals with advanced dementia, yet it remains poorly recognized in routine clinical practice. Often misinterpreted as intentional resistance to care, untreated paratonia may progress to muscle contr...
JAMDA
June 8, 2026
Paratonia, a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle resistance, affects nearly all people with advanced dementia and contributes to caregiver burden, hygiene complications, pressure injuries, and pain. With Alzheimer's disease and related dementias affecting 7.2 million Americans and pr...
JAMDA
December 3, 2013
Parkinson disease (PD) is common in long term care (LTC) facilities. The number of institutionalized patients with PD will rise sharply in the coming decades because of 2 concurrent phenomena: aging of the population leads to an increased PD prevalence and improved quality of care has led to a prolonged su...
JAMDA
February 4, 2021
JAMDA
October 9, 2025
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common condition among older people and requires tailored, time-sensitive pharmacologic therapy for optimal symptom management. No prior studies have examined the extent to which doses of time-critical PD medicines are delayed or missed in residential aged care (RAC) sett...
JAMDA
February 26, 2020
Caring for the Ages
August 6, 2022
Caring for the Ages
February 27, 2019
Spotlight
May 3, 2024
With the Minimum Staffing Rule finalized and acuity increasing in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities, retaining experienced staff has never been more crucial. The good news is that facility leaders don’t need to face these challenges alone. The latest More of a Good Thing: A Framework to Grow...
Caring for the Ages
October 31, 2023