JAMDA
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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...
JAMDA
October 31, 2020
Testing the Implementation of Function-focused Care in Assisted Living Settings
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Function-Focused Care for Assisted Living Using the Evidence Integration Triangle (FFC-AL-EIT) intervention.
JAMDA
December 15, 2014
Self-Reported Walking Speed: A Useful Marker of Physical Performance Among Community-Dwelling Older People?
Walking speed is central to emerging consensus definitions of sarcopenia and frailty as well as being a major predictor of future health outcomes in its own right. However, measurement is not always feasible in clinical settings. We hypothesized that self-reported walking speed might be a good marker of ob...
JAMDA
November 15, 2020
Health Profiles, Health Services Use, and Transition to Dementia in Inpatients With Late-Life Depression and Other Mental Illnesses
Depression has been reported as a risk factor for dementia. We compared health and health service use profiles in older people hospitalized with late-life depression and older people hospitalized with other mental illnesses and examined the transition to dementia.
JAMDA
July 18, 2020
Association between Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Cohort Studies
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a prevalent phenomenon in adults, and although cohort studies have reported an association between EDS and adverse health outcomes, the results are inconclusive. This meta-analysis summarizes the evidence from longitudinal cohort studies on the relationship between EDS...
