JAMDA
May 22, 2024
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JAMDA
July 23, 2025
Use of Paid Family Care in the Community: National Trends Among Older Adults With Functional Impairment, 2011–2022
Paying family caregivers (eg, children, friends) is an innovative approach to support older adults in the community and ease direct care workforce shortages. Yet, data about the receipt of paid family care are lacking. In this study, we used a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries to (...
JAMDA
October 23, 2024
Effect of Social Support on Caregiver's Functional Disability Due to Spouse's Functional Disability
To examine the effect of social support on the risk of caregiver's functional disability due to spouse's functional disability.
JAMDA
November 1, 2024
Emerging Digital Technologies Used for Fall Detection in Older Adults in Aged Care: A Scoping Review
To explore a comprehensive overview of digital technologies used for fall detection in older adults, categorizing the types, functions, and usability of these systems.
JAMDA
November 14, 2024
Dose-Response Relationships of Daily Steps with Disability Incidence and All-Cause Mortality Stratified by Age and Physical Frailty
To examine the optimal range of steps for an individual based on the dose-response relationship of the number of steps taken with disability incidence and all-cause mortality stratified by age and physical frailty.
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
September 9, 2020
COVID-19 In-Hospital Mortality and Use of Renin-Angiotensin System Blockers in Geriatrics Patients
The role of treatment with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockers at the onset of COVID-19 infection is not known in the geriatric population. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) use and ...
JAMDA
April 14, 2020
Impact of Dementia on Health Service Use in the Last 2 Years of Life for Women with Other Chronic Conditions
To assess the impact of dementia on the use of health and community services in the last 2 years of life by women who also had other major chronic conditions.
JAMDA
April 9, 2020
The Role of Cognitive Impairment, Physical Disability, and Chronic Conditions in the Association of Sleep Duration With All-Cause Mortality Among Very Old Adults
This study aimed to examine the relationship between sleep duration and all-cause mortality, and to assess the role of cognitive impairment, physical disability, and chronic conditions on this association among very old adults.
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...
