Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.
Highest usefulness score first. Studies without a score come last.
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Adults with TSCI are at a heightened risk for ADRD.
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The SmartPrompt is a smartphone-based reminder application informed by a neuropsychological model of functional disability.
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Adults who engage in leisure time aerobic and muscle strengthening activities at levels recommended by the 2018 physical activity guidelines for Americans show greatly reduced risk of all cause and cause specific mortality.
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Non-ART polypharmacy is common among PLWH and associated with an increasing risk of hospitalization and mortality [1]; thus, nonpharmacologic management of comorbidities is critical for PLWH who may experience an earlier onset and a greater burden of comorbidities.
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Evidence suggests that people living with cognitive impairment value opportunities to be involved in everyday decision-making about their care.
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In 46 634 participants (51.7% female; mean [SD] age at death, 82.4 [9.0] years), SBPs and DBPs peaked 18 to 14 years before death and then decreased progressively.
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Healthy life expectancy (HALE) was used to summarize overall population health, accounting for both length of life and levels of ill health experienced at different ages.
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A simple exercise program, 1 hour twice a week, led to significantly slower decline in ADL score in patients with AD living in a nursing home than routine medical care.
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Incident use of neuroleptics in Ontario nursing homes is substantial.
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AADAPt participants had risk factors for developing dementia in future, such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia, but also reported protective factors such as high social engagement.
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Not only dementia diagnosis but also time spent with the diagnosis was crucial for the use of LTC in the month preceding death, in particular residential care.
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Overall, 7124 participants representative of Medicare beneficiaries 65 years or older were included.
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68/100
Our sample included 1001 participating and 3873 matched control SNFs.
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A total of 3,056 participants without diabetes treatment and 480 with diabetes treatment were included (mean age at baseline, 75.1 years; mean 7.5 years of follow-up).
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Four key themes were identified in this review: goals of care and end-of-life conversations, symptom management, emergency room visits, and prescribing behavior.
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The caregiver burden is frequently used to refer to the physical and psychological problems that may arise from caring for a dependent relative.
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Despite the growth in Medicare managed care enrollment, only 9 papers report the costs of care for individuals with ADRD within these plans, and only 1 study reports data less than 10 years old.
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Adult children receiving the NYUCI-AC completed a mean of 5.19 individual and family counseling sessions; it took on average a little over 11 months to do so.
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68/100
Prioritizing measures that distinguish the assessment of care from the assessment of dying, and secondarily that exhibit an acceptable factor structure, this study recommends two measures of care-the Family Perceptions of Physician-Family Caregiver Communication and the End of Life in Dementia (EOLD)-Satisfaction With Care-and two measures of outcomes-the EOLD-Symptom Management and the EOLD-Comfort Assessment in Dying.
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Dual-eligible older persons are at greater risk for decline in function and cognition after an ICU hospitalization than their more advantaged counterparts.
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Telemedicine is well received among patients and care partners, but successful delivery incorporates support staff and the care partners to navigate technologies.
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67/100
Deintensification of treatment regimens occurred in less than one-half of potentially overtreated Veterans and was more strongly associated with low HbA1c values and use of medications with high risk for hypoglycemia, rather than other resident characteristics.
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Dialysis modality is associated with incident dementia in a cohort of older ESRD patients.
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67/100
Dementia is among various diseases affecting the elderly, who is also at a high risk for fractures.
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Individuals with AD comprise a substantial number of older adult deaths in the United States, a number expected to rise considerably in coming decades.
From across this topic
10 of the 1,022 studies in this topic, picked by a fixed rule (a hash of each study's address), not by score or date; each page of this list shows a different 10. The same 10 appear here every time.
- The prognostic significance of distinct psychosis symptom profiles in dementia: A cohort study using linked electronic health records
- Feasibility and validity of the self-administered computerized assessment of mild cognitive impairment with older primary care patients
- Assessment of late life depression
- Time, talk, and teamwork: Perceptions of personalised dementia care planning conversations in primary care
- Self-Compassion, Coping Strategies, and Caregiver Burden in Caregivers of People with Dementia
- Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in care homes: part 2
- Visual impairment in nursing home residents: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
- Advance Care Planning Among Adult Patients and Their End-of-Life Care Preferences
- Association between comorbidities and dementia in diabetes mellitus patients: population-based retrospective cohort study
- Predictors of care home and hospital admissions and their costs for older people with Alzheimer's disease: findings from a large London case register