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JAMDA
November 20, 2014
Body wasting in the context of chronic illness is associated with reduced quality of life and impaired survival. Recent clinical trials have investigated different approaches to improve patients’ skeletal muscle mass and strength, exercise capacity, and survival in the context of cachexia and body wasting,...
JAMDA
April 25, 2018
The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases among nursing home residents is high but little is known whether pharmacologic therapy recommended by actual medication guidelines is followed by facility's staff.
JAMDA
May 17, 2019
To describe the treatment of hypertension in people with dementia and collate evidence on adverse health events whilst on treatment.
JAMDA
November 20, 2015
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
The objective of this study was to determine course and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) in nonagenarians. Incidence of AF increases with age. Due to the demographic change in the industrialized world, an increase of AF in the group of elderly and very elderly is expected in the next decades. However,...
JAMDA
June 24, 2016
Older people living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) are at a higher risk of suffering fractures than the community-dwelling older population. The first Consensus Conference on Treatment of Osteoporosis in RACFs in Australia, held in Sydney in July 2009, aimed to address some of the issues relat...
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
July 18, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes focuses on but is not limited to long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia; the potential impact on residents with other diagnoses is unclear. We sought to determine whether resident subpopulat...
JAMDA
August 26, 2019
To describe and evaluate changes in the collection of microbiological cultures across Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Living Centers (CLCs) nationally.
JAMDA
May 25, 2023
Little is known about how COVID-19 treatment patterns have evolved over time in nursing homes (NHs) despite the devastating effects of COVID-19 in this setting. The aim was to describe changes in COVID-19–related medication use over time among NH residents in the United States.