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The Relationship of Oral Health with Progression of Physical Frailty among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study Composed of Two Cohorts of Older Adults from the United Kingdom and United States

JAMDA
December 27, 2022
To investigate the prospective associations between oral health and progression of physical frailty in older adults.

The Association of Long-Term Opioid Use With Health Care and Home Care Service Use Among Aged Home Care Clients

JAMDA
December 26, 2022
To compare health care and home care service utilization, mortality, and long-term care admissions between long-term opioid users and nonusers among aged home care clients.

Aged and Health Care Service Utilization by Older Australians Receiving Home Care Packages

JAMDA
December 26, 2022
To examine the (1) cohort of individuals living at home with Home Care Packages (HCPs) in 2016, (2) their access to other aged care services after HCP commencement, and (3) their hospital and ambulance service utilization.

Association of Depressive Symptoms With Health Service Use and Catastrophic Health Expenditure Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Analysis of Population-Based Panel Data

JAMDA
December 24, 2022
To determine the impact of depressive symptoms on health service use and catastrophic health expenditure, and whether it varied by per-capita household consumption, health insurance schemes, and physical comorbidities.

Congressional Spending Bill Partially Averts Cut to Medicare Physician Payment

Policy Snapshot
December 23, 2022
Last week, the Senate passed its $1.7 trillion fiscal year Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The bill averted the scheduled bigger cuts, but the compromise includes a 2% cut in Medicare payments for 2023 and a 1.25% cut in 2024. On the positive side, the...

The Great Collaboration: PALTC Together

Spotlight
December 21, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join With a new year comes uncertainties, but AMDA has partnered with several other professional organizations to help post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) providers and their teams prepare to deal with COVID-19 in...

Coping Behaviors and Health Status during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Caregivers of Assisted Living Residents in Western Canada

JAMDA
December 21, 2022
To examine the prevalence of coping behaviors during the first 2 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic among caregivers of assisted living residents and variation in these behaviors by caregiver gender and mental health.

Factors Associated With Social Isolation in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
December 19, 2022
Social isolation is a global health issue that affects older adults throughout their lives. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with social isolation in older adults.

Soundscape Awareness Intervention Reduced Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: A Cluster-Randomized Trial With MoSART+

JAMDA
December 16, 2022
Auditory environments as perceived by an individual, also called soundscapes, are often suboptimal for nursing home residents. Poor soundscapes have been associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). We evaluated the effect of the Mobile...

Medication-Related Acute Care Admission and Inappropriate Polypharmacy of Nursing Home Residents

JAMDA
December 16, 2022
To evaluate the prevalence of medication-related admissions (MRAs) and their association with potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) used by nursing home residents admitted to the geriatric center of a tertiary hospital.