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In Case You Missed It: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Opioids, Practitioners
May 30, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is raising awareness of the risk to patient health and safety due to misapplication of the opioid guideline for chronic pain. Please read the recent commentary in the New England Journal of...

Erratum

JAMDA
May 27, 2019
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.11.002 ) “A Randomized Controlled Study Comparing a DPP4 Inhibitor (Linagliptin) and Basal Insulin (Glargine) in Patients with Type 2...

Dementia Care Across a Tertiary Care Health System: What Exists Now and What Needs to Change

JAMDA
May 27, 2019
This study explored the process of care for persons living with dementia (PLWDs) in various care settings across a tertiary care system and considers challenges and opportunities for change.

End-of-Life Decision Making for People Who Died of Dementia: A Mortality Follow-Back Study Comparing 1998, 2007, and 2013 in Flanders, Belgium

JAMDA
May 27, 2019
Declining cognitive abilities in people with dementia (PwD) complicate communication and decision making,1 particularly at end of life. These circumstances lead to insecurity among physicians about end-of-life decisions (ELDs) and preferences of PwD...

Adherence to “No Transfer to Hospital” Advance Directives Among Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
May 27, 2019
Many older adults in long-term care (LTC) experience acute health crises but are at high risk of transfer distress and in-hospital morbidity and mortality. Residents often complete advance directives (ADs) regarding future care wishes, including...

May 26, 2019

Weekly Roundup
May 26, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join In Episode 31, AMDA On-The-Go host Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, and his guest, Michael Wasserman, MD, CMD, president of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine (CALTCM), talked about “Leadership in...

Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability and Progression of White Matter Hyperintensities Among Older People With Hypertension

JAMDA
May 24, 2019
Visit-to-visit blood pressure (BP) variability is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline. Our aim was to assess the association between visit-to-visit BP variability and progression of white matter hyperintensities (WMH).

Hypertension Management in the Very Old

JAMDA
May 24, 2019
In 2017, the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for treatment of hypertension were published.1 Since then, much controversy continues to exist around whether and to what extent they should and should not...

Physical Exercise Improves Function in Acutely Hospitalized Older Patients: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMDA
May 24, 2019
To evaluate the effects of an exercise intervention on physical function, maximal muscle strength, and muscle power in very old hospitalized patients.

Sarcopenia According to the Revised European Consensus on Definition and Diagnosis (EWGSOP2) Criteria Predicts Hospitalizations and Long-Term Mortality in Rehabilitation Patients With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

JAMDA
May 24, 2019
Sarcopenia has been classically defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function that occurs with advancing age. According to the original definition of the European Working Group of Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP),1 diagnosis of...