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JAMDA

June 8, 2026

Paratonia in Advanced Dementia: A Frequently Misunderstood Movement Disorder

Paratonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle stiffening that affects nearly all individuals with advanced dementia, yet it remains poorly recognized in routine clinical practice. Often misinterpreted as intentional resistance to care, untreated paratonia may progress to muscle contr...
JAMDA

December 3, 2013

Parkinson Disease in Long Term Care Facilities: A Review of the Literature

Parkinson disease (PD) is common in long term care (LTC) facilities. The number of institutionalized patients with PD will rise sharply in the coming decades because of 2 concurrent phenomena: aging of the population leads to an increased PD prevalence and improved quality of care has led to a prolonged su...

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