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Letter to the Editor in Response to Caspi

JAMDA
February 18, 2016
Caspi's editorial1 provides a succinct description of the core issues facing clinicians, researchers, and policy makers surrounding the important but neglected subject of resident-to-resident aggression (RRA). Caspi1 highlighted that a major gap in...

Pain Management Algorithms for Implementing Best Practices in Nursing Homes: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
February 17, 2016
To enhance pain practices in nursing homes (NHs) using pain assessment and management algorithms and intense diffusion strategies.

Sarcopenia as a Risk Factor for Cognitive Deterioration in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A 1-Year Prospective Study

JAMDA
February 17, 2016
The purpose of this 1-year prospective study was to determine whether sarcopenia is an independent risk factor of cognitive deterioration in community-dwelling older adults.

“Post-Acute Care 2.0” Regarding Burke RE, Whitfield EA, Hittle D, et al. Hospital Readmission From Post-Acute Care Facilities: Risk Factors, Timing, and Outcomes.

JAMDA
February 13, 2016
The useful analysis of Burke et al1 prompts us to describe how we are using such insights to develop a next-generation model of readmission reduction. The broader domain of long-term care continues to pose stubborn challenges,2 but post-acute...

Utility of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Hong Kong Version) in the Diagnosis of Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (NCD): NCD due to Alzheimer Disease (NCD-AD) and NCD due to Vascular Disease (NCD-Vascular)

JAMDA
February 13, 2016
We read with great interest of the study investigating the clinical utility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in DSM-5 major and mild neurocognitive disorders (NCD).1 Through receiver operating (ROC) characteristic curve analysis, the...

“Prince Charles Is Living With Me”: When This Is (Not) a Delusion

JAMDA
February 13, 2016
Mrs A and Mrs B are both in their late 70s. Their families share similar stories: a few months ago, they both started to talk to famous people from the front pages of magazines laid nearby their chairs and consider them their co-tenants. Cognitive...

The Metabolic Syndrome: A Risk Factor for the Frailty Syndrome?

JAMDA
February 11, 2016
Frailty is a condition resulting from age-related decline in multiple physiological domains, clinically typified by physical weakness, in which individuals have increased the risk of adverse health outcomes and mortality when exposed to a stressor.1...

The Effects of Advance Care Planning Interventions on Nursing Home Residents: A Systematic Review

JAMDA
February 6, 2016
Advance care planning (ACP) encompasses a process by which people may express and record their values and preferences for care and treatment should they lose the capacity to communicate them in the future. We believe the effects that ACP can have on...

The Combined Utility of a Brief Functional Measure and Performance-Based Screening Test for Case Finding of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Healthcare

JAMDA
February 5, 2016
Use of a total risk score (TRS) based on vascular and sociodemographic risk factors has been recommended to identify patients at risk of cognitive impairment. Moreover, combining screening tests has been reported to improve positive predictive...

AMDA Comments on Senate Finance Chronic Care Document

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Health Information Technology (HIT), Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
February 5, 2016
The Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Working Group recently released their options paper outlining policies being considered as a part of the committee’s effort to improve how Medicare treats beneficiaries with multiple, complex chronic...