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Metformin Use and Cognitive Dysfunction Among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

JAMDA
November 1, 2016
Persons with diabetes mellitus have higher rates of cognitive dysfunction compared to non-diabetics.1 Cognitive dysfunction is associated with poor health outcomes and reduced quality of life.2,3 Early identification of cognitive impairment is...

Polypharmacy and Medication Regimen Complexity as Risk Factors for Hospitalization Among Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: A Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
November 1, 2016
To investigate the association between polypharmacy and medication regimen complexity with time to first hospitalization, number of hospitalizations, and number of hospital days over a 12-month period.

Response to Letter of the Editor by Tomoyuki Kawada Regarding the Article “Contributory Factors to Caregiver Burden in Parkinson Disease” by Grün et al.

JAMDA
November 1, 2016
We thank professor Tomoyuki Kawada for his interest in our work and for his valuable comments on our article.

Impacts of High-Protein Oral Nutritional Supplements Among Malnourished Men and Women with Sarcopenia: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Controlled Trial

JAMDA
November 1, 2016
Recent evidence suggests that nutritional interventions may improve muscle outcomes in malnutrition and sarcopenia.

Determining Nurse Aide Staffing Requirements to Provide Care Based on Resident Workload: A Discrete Event Simulation Model

JAMDA
November 1, 2016
Nursing aides provide most of the labor-intensive activities of daily living (ADL) care to nursing home (NH) residents. Currently, most NHs do not determine nurse aide staffing requirements based on the time to provide ADL care for their unique...

News From the Society

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2016
The best ideas often start with an acute observation or an interesting question. The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Quality Awards, presented during the Society’s Annual Conference earlier this year, seek to highlight...

A Path To Building Accountable ‘MediCaring’ Communities

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2016
Two years ago, Joanne Lynn, MD, wrote: “Medicare 2014 has achieved the main goal of Medicare 1965. Nevertheless, the system designed for the priorities of 1965 does not match the needs of 2014, and beyond. Addressing needs and correcting course to...

Journal Highlights From the November Issue of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2016
High-quality oral nutritional supplements can improve strength in malnourished older individuals with mild to moderate sarcopenia, according to a multi-center randomized double-blinded controlled clinical trial in Lincoln, NE.

FRAIL-NH Simplifies Frailty Screening

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2016
In a comparison study of two frailty screening tools, the FRAIL-NH was shown to quickly screen residents at the bedside and to predict adverse outcomes, according to a speaker at the AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine...

From Blue to Black: Is It Holiday Blues or Clinical Depression?

Caring for the Ages
November 1, 2016
Caring Editor in Chief Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, talks about how to tell if you or a loved one just have the blues or something more serious.