JAMDA
December 19, 2015
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JAMDA
April 22, 2017
Debating the Role of Arousal in Delirium Diagnosis: Should Delirium Diagnosis Be Inclusive or Restrictive?
Delirium is common in acute, postacute, and long-term care settings, and it can be difficult to recognize, especially without deliberate mental status evaluation. Because delirium typically presents with altered arousal and arousal can be assessed within a matter of seconds, routine assessment of arousal o...
JAMDA
February 21, 2018
Deciphering the Geriatric Rotation Evaluation Showed Negative Attitudes of Post-Acute Care and Long Term Care Curriculum
JAMDA
September 21, 2022
Decision Aid Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons With Advanced Dementia in Decision-Making About Feeding Options: A Scoping Review
We provided an overview of the literature on decision aid interventions for family caregivers of older adults with advanced dementia regarding decision making about tube feeding. We synthesized (1) the use of theory during the development, implementation, and evaluation of decision aids; (2) the developmen...
Caring for the Ages
March 29, 2016
Decision Guide Helps Families Navigate Path From Home to Hospitalization
JAMDA
July 24, 2021
Decision-Making in People With Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Narrative Review of Decision-Making Tools
This review summarized the applicability of various decision-making tools for helping people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and their families make decisions.
Caring for the Ages
December 27, 2022
Decisional Capacity — When and How to Determine
JAMDA
September 28, 2016
Decisions by Default: Incomplete and Contradictory MOLST in Emergency Care
What patients intend when they make health care choices and whether they understand the meaning of orders for life-sustaining treatment forms is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to analyze the directives from a sample of emergency department (ED) patients' MOLST forms.
JAMDA
June 24, 2016
Decisions to Transfer Nursing Home Residents to Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review of Contributing Factors and Staff Perspectives
Nursing home (NH) residents are a frail and vulnerable population often faced with iatrogenic effects of hospital stays when transferred to emergency departments for acute changes in health status. Avoidable or unnecessary transfers of care need to be identified and defined to prevent unintended harm. The ...
JAMDA
January 5, 2023