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Diagnostic Accuracy of the SLU AMSAD Scale for Depression in Older Adults Without Dementia

JAMDA
November 5, 2019
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a short depression screening tool, the Saint Louis University (SLU) AMSAD depression scale, relative to the Geriatric Depression Scale–15 (GDS-15) and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), and in...

November 3, 2019

Weekly Roundup
November 3, 2019
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Caring for multimorbid patients comes with significant challenges and requires practitioners to successfully balance many issues and considerations at once. In a new Society webinar, Multimorbidity in Post-Acute...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
November 1, 2019

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JAMDA
November 1, 2019

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JAMDA
November 1, 2019

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JAMDA
November 1, 2019

Delirium Superimposed Upon Dementia

JAMDA
November 1, 2019
Like the ouroboros, the snake eating another snake which is, in turn, eating the first snake, and also sometimes portrayed as a single snake eating its own tail, so delirium and dementia feed off each other. Delirium leads to dementia and dementia...

Moving From Recommendations to Impact in Post-acute and Long-term Care Research

JAMDA
November 1, 2019
Articles published in JAMDA aim to inform practice and policy in post-acute and long-term care. Three of the articles in the November 2019 issue serve as a good illustration of the promise of research in that regard, and how that promise can be...

Assistance With Eating and Drinking Only When Requested Can Prevent Living With Advanced Dementia

JAMDA
November 1, 2019
Alzheimer's disease and other progressive neurodegenerative dementias are growing as the population ages. Managing dementia is challenging from economic, societal, and ethical perspectives. One significant ethical issue concerns people who want to...

Bipartisan Workforce Legislation Passes House; Expands Federal Geriatrics Training Programs

Policy Snapshot
Practitioners
November 1, 2019
Last week the House of Representatives passed legislation—the EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019 (H.R. 2781)—that would reauthorize federal geriatrics workforce programs. The bill was introduced by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Michael C. Burgess (R-...