Early research reported that older adults who stopped walking when they began a conversation were more likely to fall in the future. As a systematic measure of dual-task performance, Verghese and colleagues developed the Walking While Talking (WWT)...
This study aimed to evaluate the utility of electronic health record (EHR) diagnosis codes for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infections among nursing home residents.
Individuals who have dementia often receive antipsychotic medicines even in the absence of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), unnecessarily placing them at risk of adverse side effects. However, a quality improvement...
If one looks through a light microscope at a stained section of brain from a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, what one sees very much resembles a painting by the famous American abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. Degenerating neuronal...
Music therapy for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can provide a variety of benefits to both residents and nursing home staff. Although music therapy has to be provided by a board-certified clinician, many of the basic...
