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JAMDA
November 4, 2022
Essential but Excluded: Building Disaster Preparedness Capacity for Home Health Care Workers and Home Care Agencies
COVID-19 has demonstrated the essential role of home care services in supporting community-dwelling older and disabled individuals through a public health emergency. As the pandemic overwhelmed hospitals and nursing homes, home care helped individuals remain in the community and recover from COVID-19 at ho...
Spotlight
October 22, 2024
Futures Builds Leaders, Brings New Enthusiasm for PALTC
The PALTmed and Foundation for PALTC Futures Program starts with a one-day session during the association’s annual conference. However, the connections and information the attendees get last for years and often help shape careers. “The most memorable part of the program for me was the opportunity to meet f...
JAMDA
November 14, 2024
The Meaningful Engagement Assessment for Residents with Dementia in Assisted Living Settings
Providing meaningful activity is a critical dimension of person-centered care for residents with dementia in all settings, including assisted living. Defined broadly as participation in physical, social, and leisure activities that provide meaning and value to the person and are tailored to individualized ...
JAMDA
July 27, 2017
Lifestyle Approaches for People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Multiple Case Analysis
Health care organizations supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) carry out a range of interventions to support and improve a healthy lifestyle. However, it is difficult to implement an active and healthy lifestyle into daily support. The presence of numerous intervention components, mu...
JAMDA
April 2, 2021
Telemedicine and Telehealth in Nursing Homes: An Integrative Review
Telemedicine and telehealth are increasingly used in nursing homes (NHs). Their use was accelerated further by the COVID-19 pandemic, but their impact on patients and outcomes has not been adequately investigated. These technologies offer promising avenues to detect clinical deterioration early, increasing...
JAMDA
June 29, 2016
Recent Advances in Sarcopenia Research in Asia: 2016 Update From the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia was recently classified a geriatric syndrome and is a major challenge to healthy aging. Affected patients tend to have worse clinical outcomes and higher mortality than those without sarcopenia. Although there is general agreement on the principal diagnostic characteristics, initial thresholds f...
JAMDA
July 1, 2014
Evidence-Based Recommendations for Addressing Malnutrition in Health Care: An Updated Strategy From the feedM.E. Global Study Group
The prevalence of malnutrition ranges up to 50% among patients in hospitals worldwide, and disease-related malnutrition is all too common in long-term and other health care settings as well. Regrettably, the numbers have not improved over the past decade. The consequences of malnutrition are serious, inclu...
JAMDA
April 13, 2019