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Inequalities in Transitions to Home Care: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

JAMDA
October 14, 2024
To investigate inequalities in transitions to home care across a broad set of demographic and socioeconomic factors in Canadian middle-aged and older adults.

Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting

JAMDA
October 11, 2024
The newly revised Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for Diabetes Management in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Setting is an extremely useful resource that incorporates new evidence and perspectives related to overall goals in diabetes...

Exploring Place of Death among Individuals with Huntington's Disease in the United States

JAMDA
October 11, 2024
To describe trends and identify factors associated with place of death among individuals with Huntington's disease (HD).

Clinician Perspectives on Supporting Advance Care Planning in Long-Term Care Homes

JAMDA
October 11, 2024
Long-term care (LTC) residents experience a high burden of unmet needs and distressing symptoms near the end of life and are subjected to potentially harmful transfers to hospital. Advance care planning (ACP) aims to align resident care received at...

Clinical Decision Support Systems Highlight Medication Risks for Hospitalized Older Patients

JAMDA
October 11, 2024
Advancements in medicine have increased life expectancy, leading to a growing older population and a rise in chronic diseases and polypharmacy.1 In this setting, potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) use has increased and pushed forward...

Associations of Regular Internet Usage with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
October 10, 2024
The impact of internet usage on mortality is not widely known. This study intended to investigate the associations between regular internet usage and the risks of all-cause and cause-specific mortality, while also ascertaining potential factors that...

Navigating Dilemmas on Advance Euthanasia Directives of Patients with Advanced Dementia

JAMDA
October 10, 2024
This study revisited the complexities faced by physicians in meeting due care criteria for euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia in The Netherlands. Despite increasing cases and legal provisions for advance euthanasia directives (AEDs),...

The Effect of Sleep Duration and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness on All-Cause Dementia: A Longitudinal Analysis from the Hunter Community Study

JAMDA
October 9, 2024
It has been proposed that abnormal sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness might be risk factors for dementia. This study assessed the interaction between sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness, and the effect of sleep duration in...

Depressive Signs and Daily Life of Residents When Relocating from a Regular to an Innovative Nursing Home

JAMDA
October 9, 2024
In this study, we examine how residents are affected by moving from a regular nursing home into an innovative living arrangement. In the past decade, a culture change has taken place, leading to rapid developments of innovative living arrangements...

Effect of Simple Swallowing Training Program on Early Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Study

JAMDA
October 8, 2024
Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) in community-dwelling older adults continues to be a challenge due to its insidious onset. This study developed a simple swallowing training program (SSTP) to address these issues and conducted a randomized controlled...