JAMDA
May 9, 2014
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JAMDA
January 9, 2018
The Cost-Effectiveness of Using PARO, a Therapeutic Robotic Seal, to Reduce Agitation and Medication Use in Dementia: Findings from a Cluster–Randomized Controlled Trial
To examine the within-trial costs and cost-effectiveness of using PARO, compared with a plush toy and usual care, for reducing agitation and medication use in people with dementia in long-term care.
JAMDA
December 26, 2017
Use of Anticholinergic Drugs and its Relationship With Psychological Well-Being and Mortality in Long-Term Care Facilities in Helsinki
To assess the burden of drugs with anticholinergic properties (DAPs) and associated factors in long-term care facilities and to explore how psychological well-being and mortality are associated with the use of DAPs.
JAMDA
May 13, 2015
Components of the Frailty Phenotype in Relation to the Frailty Index: Results From the Toulouse Frailty Platform
The frailty phenotype proposed by Fried and colleagues is a widely used frailty screening instrument, consisting of 5 components: weight loss, exhaustion, low grip strength, slow gait speed, and low physical activity. Although equally considered in the computation of the frailty phenotype score, each of th...
JAMDA
May 25, 2018
Associations of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference with 3-Year All-Cause Mortality Among the Oldest Old: Evidence from a Chinese Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study
Current international and national guidelines for body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have been recommended to all adults. However, whether recommendations applied to the oldest old (aged 80+) is poorly known. The study objective was to investigate the relation of BMI and WC with 3-year all-...
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...
JAMDA
April 30, 2020
The Feasibility of Using Electronic Consultation in Long-Term Care Homes
Patients in long-term care (LTC) homes face barriers to accessing specialist advice. Electronic consultation (eConsult) has the potential to improve access for these patients. We used a multi-method approach to evaluate adoption of the Champlain BASE eConsult service in LTC homes across Eastern Ontario, Ca...
Spotlight
July 7, 2023
Watson Brings New Voice to AMDA Board
As a geriatric psychiatrist, Lea Watson, MD, MPH, brings an important voice as a House of Delegates representative on the AMDA Board of Directors. She looks forward to addressing the many challenges facing this care sector, including the escalating prevalence of psychiatric disorders in nursing homes and i...
JAMDA
February 28, 2023
Cardiac Resuscitation Procedures in US Nursing Facilities: Time to Reevaluate the Standard of Care?
Although the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) response has become the standard of care in many community settings over the past 20+ years, the adoption of AEDs in US nursing facilities is variable and the current number of facilities with AEDs is unkn...
JAMDA
November 27, 2021
Health Services Use and Functional Recovery Following Blunt Trauma in Older Persons – A National Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study
Frailty is associated with morbidity and mortality in older injured patients. However, for older blunt-trauma patients, increased frailty may not manifest in longer length of stay at index admission. We hypothesized that owing to time spent in hospital from readmissions, frailty would be associated with le...
