Background: Admitted bedridden older patients are at risk of the development of sarcopenia
during hospital stay (incident sarcopenia). The objective of this study was to assess the …

With more than 6 million individuals living with dementia in the United States, 11 million
family caregivers, and a majority of persons with dementia ultimately residing in an assisted …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Most people with Alzheimer disease and related dementias
will experience agitated and/or aggressive behaviors during the later stages of the disease …

Background Agitated and aggressive behaviors (behaviors) are common in nursing home
(NH) residents with dementia. Medications commonly used to manage behaviors have …

Objective To test the effect of a personalized music intervention on agitated behaviors and
medication use among long-stay nursing home residents with dementia. Design Pragmatic …

Background Older people living in Residential Aged Care (RAC) are at high risk of clinical
deterioration. Telehealth has the potential to provide timely, patient-centred care where …

Objective The objective of this research was to determine if a personalized music
intervention reduced the frequency of agitated behaviors as measured by structured …

Despite multiple initiatives in post-acute and long-term nursing home care settings (NHs) to
improve the quality of care while reducing health care costs, research in NHs can prove …

Email address: JAMDA. Editors@ paltc. org (S. Zimmerman). 22 This work was supported by
the National Institute on Aging (NIA), of the National Institutes 23 of Health, United States …

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