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JAMDA
June 27, 2014
Visual and hearing impairments are known to be related to functional disability, cognitive impairment, and depression in community-dwelling older people. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of sensory impairment in nursing home residents, and whether sensory impairment is related to other c...
JAMDA
March 2, 2016
Young-onset dementia (YOD) is defined as dementia that develops before the age of 65. Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) have important clinical consequences for patients and their family members. To date, knowledge about the prevalence and correlates of NPS in YOD is limited, but essential to establish speci...
JAMDA
June 28, 2017
Poor food intake is known to lead to malnutrition in long-term care homes (LTCH), yet multilevel determinants of food intake are not fully understood, hampering development of interventions that can maintain the nutritional status of residents. This study measures energy and protein intake of LTCH resident...
JAMDA
April 27, 2023
JAMDA
September 23, 2022
To describe the pain prevalence in nursing home (NH) residents and the factors associated with the experience of pain.
JAMDA
April 11, 2015
The objective of the study was to investigate the prevalence of, and factors associated with, polypharmacy in long-term care facilities (LTCFs).
JAMDA
May 8, 2019
Underpinning standards for delivering comprehensive care in hospital is the need to identify issues contributing to patient complexity and risk of harm. The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of functional and psychosocial problems in hospitalized adults, to compare prevalence rates across age group...
JAMDA
April 30, 2024
JAMDA
June 23, 2016
Assisted living (AL) is an important provider of long-term residential care to people with dementia, but little research has used clinician's records—arguably the most reliable and valid source of medically related information. This article uses clinician records to examine the prevalence of dementia,...
JAMDA
July 18, 2021
Symptom persistence weeks after laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) clearance is a relatively common long-term complication of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Little is known about this phenomenon in older adults. The present study aimed at determining the...