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Pet Presence in Long-Term Care: Making It Happen in Your Community

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2024
Thirty years ago, if you walked into a nursing home and saw a goat, you’d have thought you were imagining things. Today, many of us wouldn’t bat an eye. Dogs, cats, goats, birds, fish, rabbits, miniature horses, and even llamas and lizards are all...

Estimating the Effect of Engagement in Community-Based Going-Out Program on Incidence Disability in Older Adults

JAMDA
March 31, 2024
Although going out has been reported to be associated with the incidence of disability, few studies have investigated the effect of community-based programs to promote going out on the incidence of disability. This study aimed to estimate the...

Social Frailty and Functional Status in Japanese Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Subjective Cognitive Function

JAMDA
March 24, 2024
This study aimed to explore the direct and indirect effects of social frailty on functional state trajectories mediated by subjective cognitive function in older adults.

Half a Marathon a Day: Excessive Walking in People With Dementia Living in Long-Term Care Facilities

JAMDA
March 23, 2024
People with dementia in general walk less compared to people without cognitive impairment resulting from a lack of initiative and a decline of executive functioning.1 Two studies in community dwelling people with dementia showed an average of around...

A Mendelian Randomization Study Supports Bidirectional Causal Associations between Hearing Loss and Frailty

JAMDA
March 22, 2024
We read with great interest a recent study conducted by Assi et al.1 that proposed an association of hearing loss and hearing aid user with increased likelihood of frailty among older adults in 4 community cohorts. However, because of the cross-...

Regarding the October

JAMDA
March 14, 2024
Regarding the October 2023 article, Brandt N, Zarowitz B, Little MO, Galik E, Desai A. Appropriate Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Home Populations: A Wakeup Call to CMS. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Oct;24(10):1439-1441. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.08.014...

Implementation Outcomes for the SLUMBER Sleep Improvement Program in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
March 14, 2024
To describe the implementation of a mentored staff-delivered sleep program in nursing facilities.

Improving Sleep Using Mentored Behavioral and Environmental Restructuring (SLUMBER)

JAMDA
March 14, 2024
To evaluate the impact of a mentoring program to encourage staff-delivered sleep-promoting strategies on sleep, function, depression, and anxiety among skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents.

High-Intensity Care for Nursing Home Residents with Severe Dementia Hospitalized at the End of Life: A Mixed Methods Study

JAMDA
March 7, 2024
For nursing home residents with severe dementia, high-intensity medical treatment offers little possibility of benefit but has the potential to cause significant distress. Nevertheless, mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit (ICU) transfers...

Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Guided Insulin Administration in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMDA
March 6, 2024
To evaluate the efficacy of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rt-CGM) in adjusting insulin therapy in long-term care facilities (LTCF).