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Promoting Osteoporosis Best Practices: A New Electronic Medical Record Tool

JAMDA
July 29, 2020
Despite the high prevalence and devastating outcomes associated with osteoporotic fractures, they are not well investigated or treated. We developed an electronic Osteoporosis and Falls Assessment Form for integration within electronic medical...

Oral Health Among Older Adults With Complex Needs Living in the Community and in Aged Residential Care Facilities within New Zealand

JAMDA
July 28, 2020
To describe the oral health status and dental service use of older adults with complex needs living within the community and aged residential care (ARC) facility settings, and to determine associations between dental service utilization and...

Challenges in Tracking and Reporting Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
July 28, 2020
The contemporary long-term care provider and interdisciplinary team are well aware of the recent focus on antibiotic use in their settings. Regulatory changes implemented by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beginning in 2016 have required...

The Efficacy and Safety of Tube Feeding in Advanced Dementia Patients: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis Study

JAMDA
July 28, 2020
The current study aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the efficacy and safety of tube feeding in patients with advanced dementia.

There's a Problem With the Problem List: Incongruence of Patient Problem Information Across the Home Care Admission

JAMDA
July 28, 2020
Illustrate patterns of patient problem information received and documented across the home health care (HHC) admission process and offer practice, policy, and health information technology recommendations to improve information transfer.

Antidepressant Use and Progression of Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: Results from the European ICTUS Cohort

JAMDA
July 28, 2020
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are a core and troubling feature among patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). Because of growing safety warnings against antipsychotics, the use of antidepressants (ATD) in AD has increased extensively. We investigated...

End-of-Life Care among Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Varies by Nursing Home and Market Characteristics

JAMDA
July 28, 2020
Nursing homes (NHs) are critical end-of-life (EOL) care settings for 70% of Americans dying with Alzheimer's disease/related dementias (ADRD). Whether EOL care/outcomes vary by NH/market characteristics for this population is unknown but essential...

Role of a Clinical Ethics Committee in Residential Aged Long-Term Care Settings: A Systematic Review

JAMDA
July 28, 2020
To conduct a systematic review of literature examining the establishment and operation of clinical ethical committees (CECs) in long-term care (LTC).

General and Disease-Specific Health Indicator Changes Associated with Inpatient Rehabilitation

JAMDA
July 28, 2020
Rehabilitation plays a vital role in the mitigation and improvement of functional limitations associated with aging and chronic conditions. Moderating factors such as sex, age, the medical diagnosis, and rehabilitation timing for admission status,...

Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: A Comparison of Patients Treated at Home Compared With Hospital Long-Term Care

JAMDA
July 26, 2020
To compare the characteristics of patients treated with invasive prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) at home or in hospital long-term care (HLTC), specifically focusing on medical and functional status, caregiver strain, 6-month outcomes, and...