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The Association Between Eye Disease and Incidence of Dementia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
July 29, 2023
To better demonstrate the relationship between common eye diseases and the risk of dementia, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies to investigate the relationship between common eye diseases and dementia.

National Study to Document Changes in Physician Practice Expense

Policy Snapshot
July 28, 2023
The American Medical Association (AMA) is undertaking a new national study, supported by 173 health-care organizations, to collect representative data on physician practice expenses. The aim of the Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey is to...

SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available

Policy Snapshot
July 28, 2023
REMINDER: The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog...

Tell Congress to Avert Important Health-Care Funding Cuts

Policy Snapshot
July 28, 2023
House appropriators began the process of passing a health funding bill that contains $17.4 billion in cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services that could result in shutting down AHRQ and cutting $1.6 billion from CDC’s current funding...

The Past, Present, and Future of Deprescribing

Spotlight
July 27, 2023
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join AMDA’s Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) initiative put practitioners behind the wheel on medication optimization. During a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast, guest host Jennifer Pruskowski, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCGP, CPE, sat...

Sleep Duration and Sarcopenia: A Risk Assessment

JAMDA
July 27, 2023
I read the recent article published in this journal by Li et al1 with great interest. The authors conducted a meta-analysis to examine the relationship between sleep duration and sarcopenia, and sensitivity analyses were also broadly conducted. I...

Challenges in Completing a Death Certificate after Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED)

JAMDA
July 27, 2023
In recent years, health care providers and the general public in the United States have gained a greater awareness of Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) as a last resort option to escape from unbearable suffering, thanks to a growing...

Promoting Resident Autonomy to Maintain Quality of Life

JAMDA
July 27, 2023
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian governments and healthcare organizations implemented restrictions on continuing care residents. From an ethical lens, governments and healthcare organizations were focused on preventing harm through...

Cognitive Change Among Nursing Home Residents: CogRisk-NH Scale Development to Predict Decline

JAMDA
July 27, 2023
Examine cognitive changes over time among nursing home residents and develop a risk model for identifying predictors of cognitive decline.

Association Between Changes in Depressive Symptoms and Sarcopenia: Findings From a Nationwide Cohort Study

JAMDA
July 26, 2023
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between changes in depressive symptoms and sarcopenia by repeated measures of depressive symptoms at a follow-up visit every 2 years.