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Commitment and Intention in Employee Turnover: An LTC Sector Study Using TCM and TTM Models

JAMDA
March 24, 2025
Long-term care (LTC) providers are facing a persistent issue of employee turnover. Various sources cite turnover rates of 79% to 124% in 2024. We used the three-component model (TCM) of commitment and the transtheoretical model of change (TTM) to...

Patterns of Transient and Terminal Transitions in Activities of Daily Living Performance Levels Among Long-Term Care Residents: A Multistate Markov’s Model Analysis of Population-Based Longitudinal Data in Canada

JAMDA
March 24, 2025
We examined how long-term care (LTC) home residents transition between different activities of daily living (ADL) performance levels, as well as their eventual terminal clinical outcome transitions.

Challenging Yet Rewarding: Staff Experiences in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness Rehabilitation

JAMDA
March 21, 2025
This study explored the experiences and needs of health care professionals providing specialized neurorehabilitation for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) in post-acute and long-term care settings.

Measuring Physical Activity in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

JAMDA
March 21, 2025
To identify physical activity and sedentary behavior outcomes, measurement tools and protocols used, and data integrity in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of hospital-based movement interventions in middle-aged and older adults.

Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
March 17, 2025
To assess the association between skilled nursing facility (SNF) utilization and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social Engagement is Associated With Location-based Digital Markers on a Dementia Care Unit

JAMDA
March 17, 2025
Social engagement is an important contributor to quality of life and overall health of people with dementia. There is an opportunity to develop an objective measure of social engagement by capturing factors, such as the number and duration of social...

Linking Cognitive Screening Tests in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Crosswalk Between the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic and the Mini-Mental State Examination

JAMDA
March 15, 2025
To develop the crosswalk between the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic (MoCA-B) and Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) based on a community-dwelling older population to facilitate data synthesis and comparison.

Hospitalization-Associated Disability and 1-Year Mortality Risk in Older Patients With Heart Failure

JAMDA
March 15, 2025
Hospitalization-associated disability (HAD) is the loss of the ability to perform one of the basic activities of daily living (ADLs) required for independent living during hospitalization. This study aimed to determine whether HAD is a significant...

Expanding PACE Benefits/Services to Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities and More

JAMDA
March 14, 2025
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) emerged from a pioneering initiative in San Francisco's Chinatown in the early 1970s. From those grassroots beginnings, PACE has grown to encompass 180 programs serving just over 80,000 frail...

What do Professionals Think of Specific Care Recommendations for Vascular Cognitive Impairment? A Delphi Study With Health Care Professionals

JAMDA
March 12, 2025
Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is an umbrella term covering all cognitive impairment from mild cognitive deficits to dementia due to vascular etiologies. VCI is highly prevalent within dementia and stroke care pathways, but specific...