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JAMDA
May 17, 2024
To examine disparities in mental health (MH) service utilization, via in-person and telemedicine (ie, tele-MH), by individuals' race, ethnicity, and community socioeconomic status, among community-dwelling older adults with Alzheimer disease and...
JAMDA
May 16, 2024
Rich social capital is regarded as an individual's social asset, which may contribute to the maintenance of functional ability, even in a state of frailty. This study examined the moderating role of individual social capital in the association...
JAMDA
May 16, 2024
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) escalates with advancing age. Although the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is the standard measure for assessing OSA severity, it does not account for additional oximetric parameters that may influence...
JAMDA
May 16, 2024
There is a digital divide in long-term care homes (LTCHs), with few residents having regular access to internet-connected devices. In this study, we provided long-term care residents with personalized and adapted tablets. We aimed to understand what...
JAMDA
May 16, 2024
The Drug Burden Index (DBI) calculates a person's exposure to anticholinergic and sedative medications. We aimed to review randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of deprescribing interventions that reported the DBI as an outcome, their characteristics...
JAMDA
May 13, 2024
Home health care patients who are at risk for becoming Incapacitated with No Evident Advance Directives or Surrogates (INEADS) may benefit from timely intervention to assist them with advance care planning. This study aimed to develop natural...
JAMDA
May 13, 2024
The epidemiology of medication discrepancies during transitions from post-acute care (PAC) to home is poorly described. We sought to describe the frequency and types of medication discrepancies among hospitalized older adults transitioning from PAC...
JAMDA
May 12, 2024
The study aimed to evaluate a simplified and practical frailty detection tool derived from the Fried frailty phenotype (FFP). This tool was developed to facilitate the identification of frail individuals in constrained settings, addressing the...
JAMDA
May 12, 2024
Global population ageing underscores the imperative of ageism and dementia-ism in the heath care setting as there is both anecdotal and published evidence that older persons are liable to receive less than optimum evidence-based treatments on...
JAMDA
May 7, 2024
To understand the role of high-quality home health care for fall prevention.