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The Lifestyle Engagement Activity Program (LEAP): Implementing Social and Recreational Activity into Case-Managed Home Care

JAMDA
August 18, 2015
The Lifestyle Engagement Activity Program (LEAP) incorporates social support and recreational activities into case-managed home care. This study's aim was to evaluate the effect of LEAP on engagement, mood, and behavior of home care clients, and on...

Palliative Care in People With Young-Onset Dementia (YOD): An Undiscovered Area!

JAMDA
August 18, 2015
Young-onset dementia (YOD) is defined as dementia with first symptoms before the age of 65. Harvey and colleagues1 found a prevalence of YOD in those aged 30 to 64 of 54.0 per 100,000, and 98.1 to 118.00 per 100,000 for ages 45 to 64. Compared with...

Polypharmacy in Nursing Home Residents: What Is the Way Forward?

JAMDA
August 17, 2015
Polypharmacy is the use of multiple drugs by a patient, although there is not a universally accepted definition. According to several authors, the use of greater than or equal to 5 drugs corresponds to polypharmacy, whereas others consider...

High-Intensity Telemedicine Decreases Emergency Department Use for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions by Older Adult Senior Living Community Residents

JAMDA
August 17, 2015
Emergency department (ED) visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are common among older adults. The high-intensity telemedicine model of care has been proposed as an innovative approach to expand access to acute illness care,...

Acute Hospital Admissions Because of Health Care–Related Adverse Events: A Retrospective Study of 5 Specialist Departments

JAMDA
August 6, 2015
Health care–related adverse events (HCRAEs), which should not be confused with (blameworthy) medical errors, are common; they can lead to hospital admissions and can have grave consequences. Although they are sometimes potentially preventable,...

Optimizing Eating Performance for Long-Term Care Residents With Dementia: Testing the Impact of Function-Focused Care for Cognitively Impaired

JAMDA
August 5, 2015
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a well-developed theory-based function-focused care for cognitively impaired (FFC-CI) intervention on eating performance among long-term care (LTC) residents with moderate-to-severe cognitive...

Frailty as a Predictor of Future Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
August 5, 2015
Although multiple longitudinal studies have investigated frailty as a predictor of future falls, the results were mixed. Thus far, no systematic review or meta-analysis on this topic has been conducted.

The Effect of Depressive Symptoms and Antidepressant Use on Subsequent Physical Decline and Number of Hospitalizations in Nursing Home Residents: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study

JAMDA
July 31, 2015
To investigate whether depressive symptoms and antidepressant use at baseline predict the subsequent decline in physical functioning and number of hospitalizations in nursing home residents.

CMS Proposes Payment for Advance Care Planning and Changes to ACO Attribution

Policy Snapshot
Advance Care Planning, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Attending Physician
July 10, 2015
Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its annual physician fee schedule proposed rule . The rule proposes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
June 1, 2015