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Findings on Health Care Management Discussed by Investigators at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

April 23, 2015
AMDA in the News
insurancenews.net
Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Dementia
Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine. According to news originating from Tokyo, Japan, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Expenditures on long-term care insurance (LTCI) in Japan have been increasing with the aging of the...

Nursing Homes Are Starting to Supplant Hospitals as Focus of Basic Health Care

April 24, 2015
AMDA in the News
New York Times
Anemia, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid, Dementia, Medication, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Transitions of Care
The notion that a hospital remains the safest place for old patients dies hard. Many families still believe their aging relatives belong in a hospital when they’re ailing. But 20-plus years of research have documented the risks of hospitalization...

Can A Person With Dementia Consent To Sex?

April 27, 2015
AMDA in the News
NPR
Long-Term Care, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Ethics, Resident, Right’s
Sexual relationships in long-term care facilities are not uncommon. But the long-term care industry is still grappling with the issue.

Sex in the Nursing Home

June 4, 2015
AMDA in the News
AARP
Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Ethics, Patient Centered, Resident, Right’s
So far only about a quarter of facilities have policies on intimacy and sexual behavior, according to a 2013 survey by AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. Almost half said that developing a policy was "planned" or "...

Not an Onion Study: Underpowered Analysis Of Poor Quality Data Finds Antipsychotics Actually Aren’t Linked To Increased Risk Of Death In The Elderly

June 17, 2015
AMDA in the News
Mad In Ameriaca
Dementia, Medication, Antipsychotics
The studies that led to warnings from health regulators against prescribing antipsychotics to elderly patients with dementia were biased, and there is actually no significant increase in risk of death linked to the drugs, according to a study in...

Too Old to Work Out? Think Again, Get Moving

June 20, 2015
AMDA in the News
The Enumlaw Courier-Herald
Cardiovascular Health, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Osteoporosis
A recent study published in JAMDA found that resistance training can positively affect cognitive abilities of seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

A Personal Choice

October 5, 2015
AMDA in the News
McKnight's
Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Ethics
When does an individual lose the right to consent to sexual relations? If doctors deem intimate contact inappropriate, how do caregivers in nursing homes and other community settings enforce no-contact rules? How can facilities support residents'...

Alzheimer's disease: Online brain training 'improves daily lives of over-60s'

November 3, 2015
AMDA in the News
The Telegraph
Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease
Playing online games that exercise reasoning and memory skills could have major benefits for older people, a wide-scale study has found. Researchers at King's College London discovered that mental exercises, or "brain training", can improve people's...

Dementia CPG

CPGs (Clinical Practice Guidelines)
Dementia
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Physician
Dementia, a disorder characterized by progressive decline in multiple areas of cognitive function, causes a range of cognitive, mood, behavioral, and functional impairments. Optimal management of dementia involves the entire interdisciplinary team,...

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration in Advanced Dementia

Resolution and Position Statements
Nutrition, Dementia
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families, Physician
Resolution A02 Becomes Policy March 2002 AMDA resolves to develop a position statement to educate and guide physicians and the public regarding the apparent lack of benefit and potential burden of implementing artificial nutrition and...