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Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
The Society has announced that Peter Hanson, MD, author of the best-seller The Joy of Stress, will present Saturday’s keynote address at the 2017 Annual Conference, March 16–19, 2017, in Phoenix, AZ.

Journal Highlights From the December Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
Nursing home residents who take psychotropic medications on a regular schedule are nearly three times more likely to fall than patients who do not use these agents, according to a 2-year retrospective observational study in the Netherlands.

Experts Offer Tips on Anxiety, Depression, and Psychosis in Parkinson’s

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Depression and psychosis were strongly correlated in Parkinson’s disease, while the presence of clinical anxiety upped the odds of psychosis by a statistically significant 8%, in a cross-sectional study presented at the 2016 congress...

Midlife Hypertension Linked With Cognitive Impairment

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
Unchecked hypertension has “devastating” long-term implications for cognitive health, the American Heart Association concluded in a recent scientific statement.

Low BMI and Weight Loss Both Impact 6-Month Nursing Home Mortality

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
A low body mass index (BMI) and weight loss greater than 5 kg in the past year were both independent and “equally relevant” risk factors for the 6-month mortality of nursing home residents in a large international cross-sectional survey. And when...

A Call You Don’t Want: A STAT Page to Admitting

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
Another STAT page! My already busy medical director’s day now looked even grimmer. Oddly, I recognized the source number on my cell phone as the admitting office. Perhaps the family of a new admission — or even a staff member working in the office...

Doulas Partner With Practitioners to Support Peaceful Dying

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
Geri Topfer experienced “extreme pain, agony, sadness, fear, and depression” when her 73-year-old mother died recently. But she was able to balance her grief and loss with an “abundance of gratitude, love, and joy,” due in large part to the presence...

Navigating the Maze of New Regulations in the Final Rule

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
Dear Dr. Jeff:

Baseline Extrapyramidal Signs Predicted Non-Alzheimer’s Dementia in Patients With MCI

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients with mild cognitive impairment, those with extrapyramidal signs were about six times more likely to develop non-Alzheimer’s forms of dementia than those without baseline extrapyramidal signs, according to a prospective...

Autumn: Time to Reap What You Sow

Caring for the Ages
December 1, 2016
I had the pleasure last month of being invited to the Oregon Geriatrics Society (OGS) annual meeting at the Sunriver resort to present on a couple of my favorite topics. At this meeting, David Barnard, JD, PhD, shared an unusual multimedia...