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Health services, long-term care and technology

1,022 studies in this group. A computer grouped them by what their titles and summaries are about, not by a hand-made list. The name describes most of the group, not every study in it.

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.

  1. Costs of care for dementia patients in community setting: an analysis for mild and moderate disease stage

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2011-06-25 Digital health tools

    Due to valued informal care, costs of care for community-living patients with moderate dementia are significantly higher than for patients with mild dementia.

  2. Change in comorbidity prevalence with advancing age among persons with heart failure

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of general internal medicine 2011-05-15 Digital health tools

    Among older Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, there is a higher overall burden of comorbidity and greater prevalence of discordant comorbidity among the oldest old.

  3. A systematic review of different models of home and community care services for older persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. BMC health services research 2011-05-09 Health systems and care delivery

    The outcomes of each model of care differ and correspond to the model's focus.

  4. Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment among older adults with hip fractures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2011-03-08 Health systems and care delivery

    We conclude that dementia and cognitive impairment are common among older adults with hip fractures.

  5. Trajectories of disability in the last year of life

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2010-04-01 End-of-life care

    In most of the decedents, the course of disability in the last year of life did not follow a predictable pattern based on the condition leading to death.

  6. The prevalence of elder abuse and neglect: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Age and ageing 2008-03-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Validity of studies was graded by two authors independently using a standardised checklist.

  7. Systematic review of information and support interventions for caregivers of people with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2007-07-27 Caregiving

    There is little evidence that interventions aimed at supporting and/or providing information to carers of people with dementia are uniformly effective.

  8. Pain in elderly people with severe dementia: a systematic review of behavioural pain assessment tools

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2006-01-27 Health systems and care delivery

    Based on the psychometric qualities and criteria regarding sensitivity and clinical utility, we conclude that PACSLAC and DOLOPLUS2 are the most appropriate scales currently available.

  9. ACOVE Quality Indicators

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Annals of Internal Medicine 2001-10-16 End-of-life care

    A Systematic ReviewObstructive sleep apnoea, positive airway pressure treatment and postoperative delirium: protocol for a retrospective observational studyEvidence supporting the best clinical management of patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a systematic guideline review and expert consensusDeprescribiendo para mejorar la salud de las personas o cuando deprescribir puede ser la mejor medicinaThe use of proton pump inhibitors among older adults with intellectual disability: A cross sectional observational studyNeed for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older AdultsDevelopment and initial validation of prescribing quality indicators for patients with chronic kidney diseaseOlder patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP³S) toolA New Computer-Based Tool to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in Hospitalized Geriatric PatientsThe Successful Aging After Elective Surgery Study: Cohort Description and Data Quality ProceduresRoutine deprescribing of chronic medications to combat polypharmacyAnnual Cognitive Assessment for Older Adults: Update for NursesThe impact of pharmaceutical care interventions for medication underuse in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysisAssessing appropriateness of osteoarthritis care using quality indicators: a systematic reviewCurrent Factors of Fragility and Delirium in Vascular SurgeryDrug-related problems identification in general internal medicine: The impact and role of the clinical pharmacist and pharmacologistPrescription of potentially inappropriate drugs for geriatric patients in long-term care: improvement through pharmacist's interventionChanging practice in dementia care in the community: developing and testing evidence-based interventions, from timely diagnosis to end of life (EVIDEM)High Prevalence of Poor Quality Drug Prescribing in Older Individuals: A Nationwide Report From the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)Delirium in elderly peopleDelphi consensus statement: Quality indicators for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Comprehensive Care UnitsPotentiality of STOPP/START criteria used in primary care to effectively change inappropriate prescribing in elderly patientsToo Much to ManageHip Fracture ManagementAppropriateness of Medication Prescribing Using the STOPP/START Criteria in Veterans Receiving Home-Based Primary CareActualización de la neumonía en el ancianoEstablishi

  10. Patterns of Migration Following Dementia Diagnosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. JAMA network open 2024-10-01 Costs and economics

    The sample included 1 626 127 Medicare beneficiaries (mean [SD] age, 80.1 [8.0] years; 922 194 women [56.7%]) who received diagnoses of the 4 conditions in 2016.

  11. Referral Sources Across Racial and Ethnic Groups at Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024 Disparities

    Included in the analysis were 48,330 participants across 46 ADRCs (mean [SD] age, 71.3 [10.5] years; 20,767 female [57%]; 4,138 Hispanic [8.6%]; 1,392 non-Hispanic Asian [2.9%]; 6,766 non-Hispanic Black [14%] individuals; and 676 individuals [1.4%] of other races.

  12. Social participation and mild cognitive impairment in low- and middle-income countries

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Preventive medicine 2022-08-31 Risk factors

    Social participation may theoretically decrease risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

  13. Equitability of Depression Screening After Implementation of General Adult Screening in Primary Care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. JAMA network open 2022-08-01 Digital health tools

    Men, racial and ethnic minority individuals, older adults, and those with language barriers are at increased risk for undertreatment of depression.

  14. Anticipated reactions to learning Alzheimer's disease biomarker results

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2022-06-22 Disparities

    Two models comprising behavior change and psychological impact fit well for the total sample and the two racial groups.

  15. Low-Value Care at the Actionable Level of Individual Health Systems

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. JAMA internal medicine 2021-11-01 Digital health tools

    The findings of this large cohort study suggest that system-level measurement and reporting of specific low-value services is feasible, enables cross-system comparisons, and reveals a broad range of low-value care use.

  16. Association Between Dementia Care Programs in Assisted Living Facilities and Transitions to Nursing Homes in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2021-08-02 Health systems and care delivery

    There were 11.8 transitions to a nursing home per 100 person-years among older adults who resided in an assisted living facility with a dementia care program, compared with 20.5 transitions to a nursing home per 100 person-years among older adults who resided in an assisted living facility without a dementia care program.

  17. A systematic review of physical activity and quality of life and well-being

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Translational behavioral medicine 2020-10-01 Prevention trials

    Maintaining or improving quality of life (QoL) and well-being is a universal goal across the lifespan.

  18. Interventions for hearing and vision impairment to improve outcomes for people with dementia: a scoping review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2018-09-24 Risk factors

    ABSTRACTBackground:Age-related hearing and vision problems are common among people with dementia and are associated with poorer function, reduced quality of life and increased caregiver burden.

  19. Is Cancer Protective for Subsequent Alzheimer's Disease Risk? Evidence From the Utah Population Database

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2017-10-01 Digital health tools

    Careful consideration of model specification and the profound effects of mortality selection in the older adult population is essential when investigating the relationship between aging-related diseases such as cancer and AD.

  20. Association of dementia with early rehospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2014-03-11 Digital health tools

    Preventable hospital readmissions have been recognized as indicators of hospital quality, a source of increased healthcare expenditures, and a burden for patients, families, and caregivers.

  21. Cohort Profile: The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. International Journal of Epidemiology 2011-01-06 Risk factors

    As shown in Table 2, attrition in LASA is associated with predictors and outcomes of interest to our research.

  22. Survival of people with clinical diagnosis of dementia in primary care: cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2010-08-05 Caregiving

    Median survival was much lower than in screened populations.

  23. Measuring change in activities of daily living in nursing home residents with moderate to severe cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2006-04-03 Health systems and care delivery

    The MDS-ADL Long Form scale detected clinically meaningful change in physical function in a large cohort of long-stay nursing home residents with moderate to severe dementia, supporting its use as a research tool in future studies.

  24. Sustained benefit of supportive intervention for depressive symptoms in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 2004-05-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Counseling and support lead to sustained benefits in reducing depressive symptoms in spouse-caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients and should be widely available to provide effective, evidence-based intervention for family caregivers.

  25. Palliative Care in Early Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of pain and symptom management 2024-06-06 End-of-life care

    Among the 77 papers reviewed, few addressed early stages of dementia specifically.

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