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Personality and Transition From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Normal Cognition vs Dementia

JAMDA
July 26, 2024
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a critical stage preceding incident dementia, but not all individuals with MCI progress to dementia and some revert to normal cognition. This study examined whether personality is associated with the probability of...

The Role of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Institutionalization of Home Health Care Patients With and Without Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

JAMDA
July 24, 2024
To assess whether neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) moderates the association between Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) and successful discharge to the community. In addition, to explore whether the role of neighborhood SES on...

Development and External Validation of a Machine Learning–based Fall Prediction Model for Nursing Home Residents: A Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
July 24, 2024
To develop and externally validate a machine learning–based fall prediction model for ambulatory nursing home residents. The focus is on predicting fall occurrences within 6 months after baseline assessment through a binary classification task,...

Crosswalk Algorithms for Cognitive and Functional Outcomes Among 2013–2018 Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia

JAMDA
July 24, 2024
Before 2019, the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) had incongruent response categories for rating cognitive impairment and activities of daily living (ADLs), hindering direct comparisons between nursing...

Brexpiprazole for Agitation Associated With Dementia Due to Alzheimer's Disease

JAMDA
July 22, 2024
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive and functional decline. Nearly all patients with AD develop neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs). Agitation is one of the most distressing and...

Decision Regret and Decision-Making Process among Caregivers of Older Adults Receiving Home Care: A Cross-Sectional Study

JAMDA
July 20, 2024
Family caregivers of older adults receiving home care often find themselves in situations in which they must make important and difficult decisions, which can cause conflict and regret. To tailor shared decision making in this context, we aimed to...

Development of a Screening Tool for Oral Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

JAMDA
July 18, 2024
To develop a Screening for Oral Frailty Tool (SOFT) and evaluate its reliability and validity among Chinese community-dwelling older adults.

Paramedic-Assisted Community Evaluation After Discharge: The PACED Intervention

JAMDA
July 16, 2024
Early rehospitalization of frail older adults after hospital discharge is harmful to patients and challenging to hospitals. Mobile integrated health (MIH) programs may be an effective solution for delivering community-based transitional care. The...

Home-First or Hospital-First? A Propensity Score–Weighted Retrospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
July 14, 2024
This study aimed to compare clinical and utilization outcomes between home-first and hospital-first models of care in the operation of a hospital-at-home (HaH) program.

Telemedicine Utilization Among Residents With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia: Association With Nursing Home Characteristics

JAMDA
July 13, 2024
To examine telemedicine use among nursing home (NH) residents with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) and the associations with NH characteristics.