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Nighttime Agitation in Persons with Dementia as a Manifestation of Restless Legs Syndrome

JAMDA
December 18, 2020
Nighttime agitation or “sundowning” is challenging for clinicians and caregivers to manage in older adults in the dementia stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD-D). Our research previously revealed that nighttime agitation might be a manifestation of...

Fill Your Toolbox at the Core

Spotlight
December 17, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join More than ever, every day is fraught with challenges, dilemmas, and new demands. What if you had a toolbox you could reach into for the solutions, answers, and guidance you need anytime you need them? According to...

Poisoning Exposures in People with Dementia (2014‒2019): A Retrospective Study

JAMDA
December 17, 2020
To describe the most common types of poisoning exposures, implicated substances and underlying sources of medication error in people with dementia.

Ten-Year Relative Survival From the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease: A Nationwide Database Study

JAMDA
December 16, 2020
Varying early survival rates have been reported across studies on patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, we reported the 10-year relative survival rate of patients with PD using a nationwide database.

Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3): Association Between Relationship-Centered Care Practices, and Number of Staff and Residents at Mealtimes in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes

JAMDA
December 15, 2020
To determine if (1) number of staff or residents, when considering home-level factors and presence of family/volunteers, are associated with relationship-centered care practices at mealtimes in general and dementia care units in long-term care (LTC...

Differential Effects of Loneliness and Depression on Mortality

JAMDA
December 15, 2020
Loneliness and depression are both major public health concerns, particularly among older adults.1,2 Extensive evidence indicates that loneliness and depression adversely affect similar health outcomes in older adults, including cognitive impairment...

The Use and Misuse of Proton Pump Inhibitors: An Opportunity for Deprescribing

JAMDA
December 14, 2020
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are proven medications of choice for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), acid-related disorders, erosive esophagitis, Barrett esophagus, prevention of gastrointestinal bleeding while on nonsteroidal anti-...

Are Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Appropriately Treated for Fracture Prevention?

JAMDA
December 14, 2020
Clinicians struggle with whether to prescribe osteoporosis medications for fracture prevention for older nursing home (NH) residents with dementia, given the lack of evidence in this population. To better understand real-world clinical practice, we...

Prognostication in Home-Dwelling Patients with Advanced Dementia: The Palliative Support DEMentia Model (PalS-DEM)

JAMDA
December 14, 2020
Difficulties with prognostication prevent more patients with advanced dementia from receiving timely palliative support. The aim of this study is to develop and validate a prognostic model for 6-month and 1-year mortality in home-dwelling patients...

Erratum

JAMDA
December 14, 2020
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.09.010 ) “The SMART Study - Resistance Training and/or Cognitive Training in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized, Double-blind,...