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Reversible Cognitive Frailty, Dementia, and All-Cause Mortality. The Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging

JAMDA
January 1, 2017
Cognitive frailty, a condition describing the simultaneous presence of physical frailty and mild cognitive impairment, has been recently defined by an international consensus group. We estimated the predictive role of a “reversible” cognitive...

News From the Society

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
Society corporate member Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation Center–Mountain Valley in Kellogg, ID, has received the 2016 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. This is the nation’s highest Presidential honor for sustainable excellence through...

Collaboration Between Dental and Medical Providers Improves Treatment for Elderly

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
Older adults often suffer from complex medical issues that are exacerbated by dental conditions. Recent data from researchers in Nashville, TN, and teams in Boston and Chicago show that coordination and collaboration between physicians and dentists...

Resolve to Help Mom and Dad in 2017

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
Texas-based physician David Smith, MD, CMD, talks about how to resolve to ensure a happy, healthy new year for your loved one in a post-acute/long-term care facility.

Journal Highlights From the January Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
Residents of green care farms, which combine agricultural activities with 24-hour nursing care in a small-scale homelike setting, are more involved in domestic and outdoor activities, spend less time on passive activities, and tend to be more...

Diabetes, Stroke Linked to C. difficile

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
LAS VEGAS — Diabetes and stroke are risk factors for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), with stroke patients at about 10 times the risk of recurrence.

Top Regulatory Citations for Nursing Facilities

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
Recently a significant number of new regulatory requirements were issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services impacting the daily operation of Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities. With the rapidly changing requirements...

Roam If You Want to: Unlocking Doors for Patients With Dementia

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
The author of Dementia Beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture of Care and Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Well-Being, G. Allen Power, MD, posted a photo on social media of a door in a dementia unit decorated to resemble the corner of a lovely room...

Blood Pressure and LDL Lowering in Elderly Do Not Slow Cognitive Decline

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
NEW ORLEANS — Blood pressure and cholesterol lowering in elderly patients with moderate vascular risk did not prevent cognitive decline in HOPE-3, the large randomized Heart Outcomes and Prevention Evaluation-3 trial, Jackie Bosch, PhD, reported at...

New Society Workgroup Provides Springboard for Innovation

Caring for the Ages
January 1, 2017
As you stroll through the hallways of the hotel at a Society annual meeting, you may hear complaints about the ever-increasing hardships of clinical practice. Themes are echoed about patients who are sicker, hospital staff who expect too much from...