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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
June 8, 2026
Paratonia in Advanced Dementia: Deconstructing Scientific, Regulatory, and Health System Barriers to Botulinum Toxin A (BoNT-A) Treatment of Involuntary Muscle Resistance
Paratonia, a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle resistance, affects nearly all people with advanced dementia and contributes to caregiver burden, hygiene complications, pressure injuries, and pain. With Alzheimer's disease and related dementias affecting 7.2 million Americans and pr...
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...Parkinson's Disease
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CPG Pocket Guides
Parkinson's Disease & Psychosis In The Paltc Setting Pocket Guide (Set of 5)
“Parkinson’s Disease and Psychosis in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting” is a new pocket guide developed by geriatricians, neurologists, and movement disorder specialists from Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed). The guide includes an extensive glossary to clarify terminolog...
JAMDA
February 4, 2021
Parkinson's Disease and Sudden Unexpected Death
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)
Parkinson's Disease CPG
This package includes the Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Practice Guideline, and the Parkinson’s Disease & Psychosis in PALTC Pocket Guide. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative movement disorder. While there is no known treatment, the symptoms can be controlled with medication,...
JAMDA
October 9, 2025
Parkinson's Disease Medication Administration Timing Deviations and Contraindicated Medicine Use in Residential Aged Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common condition among older people and requires tailored, time-sensitive pharmacologic therapy for optimal symptom management. No prior studies have examined the extent to which doses of time-critical PD medicines are delayed or missed in residential aged care (RAC) sett...
JAMDA
February 26, 2020
Parkinson's Disease vs Parkinsonism as a Result of Aging
