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Measuring Physical Activity in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

JAMDA
March 21, 2025
To identify physical activity and sedentary behavior outcomes, measurement tools and protocols used, and data integrity in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of hospital-based movement interventions in middle-aged and older adults.

Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMDA
March 17, 2025
To assess the association between skilled nursing facility (SNF) utilization and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social Engagement is Associated With Location-based Digital Markers on a Dementia Care Unit

JAMDA
March 17, 2025
Social engagement is an important contributor to quality of life and overall health of people with dementia. There is an opportunity to develop an objective measure of social engagement by capturing factors, such as the number and duration of social...

Linking Cognitive Screening Tests in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Crosswalk Between the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic and the Mini-Mental State Examination

JAMDA
March 15, 2025
To develop the crosswalk between the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic (MoCA-B) and Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) based on a community-dwelling older population to facilitate data synthesis and comparison.

Hospitalization-Associated Disability and 1-Year Mortality Risk in Older Patients With Heart Failure

JAMDA
March 15, 2025
Hospitalization-associated disability (HAD) is the loss of the ability to perform one of the basic activities of daily living (ADLs) required for independent living during hospitalization. This study aimed to determine whether HAD is a significant...

Expanding PACE Benefits/Services to Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities and More

JAMDA
March 14, 2025
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) emerged from a pioneering initiative in San Francisco's Chinatown in the early 1970s. From those grassroots beginnings, PACE has grown to encompass 180 programs serving just over 80,000 frail...

What do Professionals Think of Specific Care Recommendations for Vascular Cognitive Impairment? A Delphi Study With Health Care Professionals

JAMDA
March 12, 2025
Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is an umbrella term covering all cognitive impairment from mild cognitive deficits to dementia due to vascular etiologies. VCI is highly prevalent within dementia and stroke care pathways, but specific...

Kinematic Insights Into Older Adult Fall-Related Head Impacts: Boundary Conditions and Injury Risk

JAMDA
March 12, 2025
To quantify real-world impact conditions of falls, which cause 50% to 90% of older adult traumatic brain injuries, and reconstruct them using dummy headforms to analyze kinematics and injury outcomes.

Longitudinal, Bidirectional Association Between Gait Speed and Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling non-demented Older Adults

JAMDA
March 11, 2025
The causal relationship between slow gait speed and poor cognition is uncertain due to potential reverse causality. This study aimed to examine the reciprocal relationship between gait speed and global as well as domain-specific cognitive functions...

End-of-Life Acute Care use and Pain-Related Outcomes in Chinese-speaking Residents in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes

JAMDA
March 11, 2025
Patients from ethnically minoritized communities often face disparities in health care due to language and cultural barriers. This study aimed to compare health care use and end-of-life outcomes between Chinese-speaking residents living in language-...