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December 19, 2015

Discharge Destination of Dementia Patients Who Undergo Intermediate Care at a Facility

Intermediate care for patients with dementia has important implications for aging in place as long as possible. In Japan, geriatric intermediate care facilities provide institutional rehabilitation services to patients under the public Long-Term Care Insurance program and aim to discharge the patients to h...

JAMDA

March 15, 2023

Risk Factors and 120-Day Functional Outcomes of Delirium After Hip Fracture Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study Using the UK National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD)

To identify risk factors of postoperative delirium among hip fracture patients with normal preoperative cognition, and examine associations with returning home or recovery of mobility.

JAMDA

March 25, 2023

How Long-Term Care Quality Measures Address Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in European Countries

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are prevalent conditions in long-term care homes (LTCHs) with most LTCH residents living with ADRD in many countries. Despite the prevalence of ADRD in LTCHs, a recent examination of LTCH quality measurement programs in 4 countries revealed few LTCH qua...

JAMDA

May 2, 2019

Determinants of Post-acute Care Costs in Acutely Hospitalized Older Adults: The Hospital-ADL Study

After hospitalization, many older adults need post-acute care, including rehabilitation or home care. However, post-acute care expenses can be as high as the costs for the initial hospitalization. Detailed information on monthly post-acute health care expenditures and the characteristics of patients that m...

JAMDA

August 8, 2017

Frailty Status in Older Adults Is Related to Alterations in Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1 and Guanosine Triphosphate Cyclohydrolase I Enzymatic Pathways

Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome correlated to the loss of homeostasis and increased vulnerability to stressors, which is associated with increase in the risk of disability, comorbidity, hospitalization, and death in the elderly. It is based on the interplay of physiological, psychological, social, a...

JAMDA

June 28, 2017

A Pilot Randomized Trial of a Companion Robot for People With Dementia Living in the Community

To investigate the affective, social, behavioral, and physiological effects of the companion robot Paro for people with dementia in both a day care center and a home setting.

JAMDA

September 2, 2021

Meaningful Activities and Sources of Meaning for Community-Dwelling People Living with Dementia

To examine how people living with dementia at home engage in meaningful activities, a critical component of quality of life.

JAMDA

August 24, 2023

Prevalence, Severity and Impact of Visuospatial Neglect in Geriatric Stroke Rehabilitation, a Cross-Sectional Study

Visuospatial neglect (VSN) is a common cognitive deficit of lateralized attention after stroke and can have a negative influence on patients’ daily activities, community participation, and caregiver burden. VSN prevalence has been investigated in several mixed-age populations, but rarely in only an older p...

JAMDA

June 16, 2021

Association of Living in Evacuation Areas With Long-Term Care Need After the Fukushima Accident

A previous report indicated that evacuation owing to the government order after the Fukushima disaster impacted the health status of older people; however, the association between living in evacuation areas and independence in their daily lives was unclear. This study examined the hypothesis that people wh...

JAMDA

December 20, 2021

Reimagining Financing and Payment of Long-Term Care

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed fundamental problems with the structure of long-term care financing and payment in the United States. The piecemeal system that exists suffers from several key problems, including underfunding, fragmentation across types and sites of care, and substantial variation in payment...