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Harmonizing Health: The Importance of Behavioral Health Strategies in the Interdisciplinary Team’s Impact on Nonadherence in Diabetes Management

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2024
Interdisciplinary teams (IDT) play a vital role in long-term care (LTC) for patients with complex medical conditions, coordinating assessments and treatments across various health care disciplines. In LTC, IDT teams comprise professionals including...

Keep Drinking Your Coffee and Tea! The Winner of the 2023 Morley Award Suggests It May Reduce the Risk of Frailty

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2024
A prospective longitudinal study showing an association between higher consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea and total caffeine during midlife with a significantly reduced likelihood of physical frailty in later life generated so much interest...

Diving Into PALTC: A Winning Strategy for 2024 Medical Director of the Year

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2024
For Dallas Nelson, MD, CMD, 2024 Medical Director of the Year (MDOY), hard work and a focus on goals is nothing new. “I was a competitive swimmer growing up and had the great fortune of our team winning the Iowa state title. I experienced the direct...

Medicare Advantage — or Disadvantage?

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2024
One always knows nowadays when it is fall. Not only because the weather cools, or the leaves change, or Thanksgiving is coming, but because this is now the season when insurance companies bombard older adults with offers to reconsider our Medicare...

Pet Presence in Long-Term Care: Making It Happen in Your Community

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2024
Thirty years ago, if you walked into a nursing home and saw a goat, you’d have thought you were imagining things. Today, many of us wouldn’t bat an eye. Dogs, cats, goats, birds, fish, rabbits, miniature horses, and even llamas and lizards are all...

Estimating the Effect of Engagement in Community-Based Going-Out Program on Incidence Disability in Older Adults

JAMDA
March 31, 2024
Although going out has been reported to be associated with the incidence of disability, few studies have investigated the effect of community-based programs to promote going out on the incidence of disability. This study aimed to estimate the...

Social Frailty and Functional Status in Japanese Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Subjective Cognitive Function

JAMDA
March 24, 2024
This study aimed to explore the direct and indirect effects of social frailty on functional state trajectories mediated by subjective cognitive function in older adults.

Half a Marathon a Day: Excessive Walking in People With Dementia Living in Long-Term Care Facilities

JAMDA
March 23, 2024
People with dementia in general walk less compared to people without cognitive impairment resulting from a lack of initiative and a decline of executive functioning.1 Two studies in community dwelling people with dementia showed an average of around...

A Mendelian Randomization Study Supports Bidirectional Causal Associations between Hearing Loss and Frailty

JAMDA
March 22, 2024
We read with great interest a recent study conducted by Assi et al.1 that proposed an association of hearing loss and hearing aid user with increased likelihood of frailty among older adults in 4 community cohorts. However, because of the cross-...

Regarding the October

JAMDA
March 14, 2024
Regarding the October 2023 article, Brandt N, Zarowitz B, Little MO, Galik E, Desai A. Appropriate Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Home Populations: A Wakeup Call to CMS. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Oct;24(10):1439-1441. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.08.014...