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JAMDA
November 16, 2021
Delirium and Clusters of Older Patients Affected by Multimorbidity in Acute Hospitals
Delirium is commonly seen in older adults with multimorbidity, during a hospitalization, resulting from the interplay between predisposing factors such as advanced age, frailty, and dementia, and a series of precipitating factors. The association between delirium and specific multimorbidity is largely unex...
JAMDA
April 22, 2017
Debating the Role of Arousal in Delirium Diagnosis: Should Delirium Diagnosis Be Inclusive or Restrictive?
Delirium is common in acute, postacute, and long-term care settings, and it can be difficult to recognize, especially without deliberate mental status evaluation. Because delirium typically presents with altered arousal and arousal can be assessed within a matter of seconds, routine assessment of arousal o...
JAMDA
May 23, 2017
IAGG/IAGG GARN International Survey of End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes
This article reports the findings of a survey on end-of-life (EOL) care in nursing homes of 18 long-term care experts across 15 countries. The experts were chosen as a convenience-based sample of known experts in each country. The survey was administered in 2016 and included both open-ended responses for d...
Resolutions
G12 - Portable X-Ray Ordering by Non-Physicians
White Papers
A13 - The Corporate Practice of Medicine in Long-Term Care
JAMDA
July 27, 2017
Successfully Reducing Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents: Results of the Missouri Quality Initiative
The goals of the Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) for long-stay nursing home residents were to reduce the frequency of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, improve resident health outcomes, improve the process of transitioning between inpatient hospitals and nursing facilities, and reduce over...
Resolutions
G20 - Skilled Nursing Facility Palliative Care Benefit Under Medicare
JAMDA
October 19, 2021
Comparison of Simultaneous Swallowing Endoscopy and Videofluoroscopy in Neurogenic Dysphagia
In the evaluation of oropharyngeal dysphagia, instrumental procedures, for example, flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing or videofluoroscopic swallowing study, are essential to improve diagnostic accuracy for salient findings such as penetration, aspiration, or pharyngeal residue. To date, it is un...
JAMDA
May 12, 2023