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JAMDA
February 1, 2020

Editorial Board

JAMDA
February 1, 2020

The Controversial Condition of Cognitive Frailty: What It Is, What It Should Be

JAMDA
February 1, 2020
In 2013, an international panel of experts was gathered by the International Academy on Nutrition and Aging (IANA) and the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) to meet in Toulouse (France). The aim of the meeting was to...

Clarifying the Relationship Between Benzodiazepines and Dementia

JAMDA
February 1, 2020
Dementia is a global health problem, with the World Health Organization estimates placing the number of afflicted persons at around 50 million worldwide.1 Without a treatment or cure, projections are that numbers will increase dramatically around...

Flexibility: Another Piece of the Puzzle for Healthy Aging?

JAMDA
February 1, 2020
It is well understood that “resilience,” or the ability to adapt in the face of trauma or significant sources of stress,1 is an important component of healthy aging.2 However, what about the ability to compromise or adjust to minor fluctuations in...

Response to Letters to the Editor the Imperative for Person-Centered Care: Focus on Assessing and Working With LTC Residents Rather Than Percent of People on Medication Without Data on Appropriate Use and Problems With DICE and BPSD

JAMDA
January 31, 2020
The response letter by Nash et al to our recent article1 raises the concern that the palliative care “lens” was missing from the patient vignette. We would note that the case described a patient who has moderate dementia and thus, we would not...

Impact of Prior Home Care on Length of Stay in Residential Care for Australians With Dementia

JAMDA
January 31, 2020
To assess the impact of home care on length-of-stay within residential care.

Position Statement Tackles Marijuana Issues

Spotlight
January 30, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It’s not unusual for AMDA to tackle challenging, even controversial, issues, so it’s not surprising that the organization took on the use of marijuana in nursing homes and developed a well-thought-out, researched...
Policy Snapshot
Practitioners
January 30, 2020
The Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act (H.R. 4468) is bipartisan legislation, introduced by Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Ron Estes (R-KS), that will help address the critical shortage of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) by ensuring that CNAs...

Nursing Homes: Use Updated Infection Control Worksheet

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Infections, Practitioners
January 30, 2020
The November 2019 State Survey Agency Directors Memorandum includes infection control information and basic practices to improve resident safety and quality in nursing homes. Read the memo and log in to the Quality, Safety & Education Portal ,...