Caring for the Ages
October 31, 2023
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JAMDA
September 30, 2015
Intensity and Types of Physical Exercise in Relation to Dementia Risk Reduction in Community-Living Older Adults
To systematically examine the amount and type of physical exercise that might reduce the future risk of dementia in community-living older people.
Caring for the Ages
November 29, 2017
INTERACT Study Shows No Reduction in Hospitalizations, ED Visits
Podcast
November 19, 2018
AMDA On-The-Go | Fall Risk Reduction
Spotlight
August 23, 2023
Buprenorphine and Substance Use Disorder in PALTC
The statistics regarding substance use disorders are frightening. On a special AMDA On-The-Go podcast, Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD, said, “In 2022 alone, the U.S. saw 109,000 deaths from drug overdoses, and Washington state has seen a 20% increase.” The good news, she said, is that effective ...
PALTmed In The News
February 14, 2024
Moving the needle in nursing home vaccination rates
On February 29, 2020, the first Coronavirus nursing home outbreak was reported by the media. Experts in geriatric and long-term care medicine immediately understood the dangers to nursing home residents. As the pandemic progressed, we lost many residents in our communities. It became eminently clear that o...
JAMDA
February 8, 2025
Describing Dementia Specialty Care Units in US Nursing Homes: Leveraging National Survey Data From HARBORS and LTCfocus
Nursing home dementia specialty care units are highly publicized as beneficial for residents with dementia, but we know little about these units and what makes them “special.” Leveraging primary data from a national survey of nursing home representatives and the LTCfocus data, this study aims to describe c...
JAMDA
January 30, 2026
How Housing Influences Nursing Home Utilization in the United States: An Integrative Review
Given the growing housing crisis, researchers increasingly point to housing as a possible risk factor for nursing home utilization, yet the exact pathways from housing to nursing home utilization are unclear. The purpose of this review is to describe how housing acts as a mechanism that influences nursing ...
JAMDA
December 20, 2018
Health Outcomes of Deprescribing Interventions Among Older Residents in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Deprescribing is effective in addressing concerns relating to polypharmacy in residents of nursing homes. However, the clinical outcomes of deprescribing interventions among residents in nursing homes are not well understood. We evaluated the impact of deprescribing interventions by health care professiona...
JAMDA
September 17, 2025