Archivo del Autor: Sergio Ariño Blasco

Background/Objectives

Persons with dementia frequently demonstrate distress behaviors in dementia (DBD), associated with poorer outcomes. This study aimed to create a measure of DBD from routinely administered Minimum Data Set (MDS 3.0) behavior section items that demonstrated sensitivity to change, for evaluation of intervention efforts for VA Community Living Center (CLCs) residents exhibiting DBD.

 

The Distress Behavior in Dementia Indicator (DBDI) was created as a consistent factor with internal consistency, and was related to a validated measure as predicted at baseline and post‐intervention. Sensitivity to change was demonstrated by using change score correlations (r = 0.40–0.50), effect size (d = 0.63), and reliable change indices.

Conclusion

The DBDI is recommended for routine use in CLCs to evaluate impact of intervention effectiveness and provide quality improvement feedback.

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Spasticity is a common movement disorder that arises from trauma or disease affecting the central nervous system. Untreated spasticity can result in limitations in completing activities of daily living, painful limb contractures, and other conditions associated with loss of mobility. In the long-term care setting, this treatable condition is prevalent, yet often unrecognized likely because of a lack of spasticity-trained practitioners.
A recently published spasticity referral tool holds promise for addressing the underdiagnosisof spasticity in the long-term care population.

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The New Zealand Health Research Council.

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Clinicians struggle with whether to prescribe osteoporosis medications for fracture

prevention for older nursing home (NH) residents with dementia, given the lack of

evidence in this population. To better understand real-world clinical practice, we conducted a retrospective cohort study examining… Sigue leyendo →

The study showed that the RUG-III system offers possibilities for identifying persons at risk of institutionalization. Interventions designed to avoid early nursing home admission can make use of the RUG-III system to optimize care planning and the allocation of services and resources. Based on the …

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GERAS Frailty Rehabilitation at Home During COVID-19 – Full Text View.

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John P. Hirdes, Anja Declercq, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Brant E. Fries, Leon Geffen, George Heckman, Terry Lum, Brigette Meehan, Nigel Millar and John N. Morris  |  Five major changes to long-term care can protect the elderly from the ravages of infectious disease and provide a greater quality of…

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To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to predict hospital admission in older ED patients using a series of geriatric syndromes and functional assessments. We were able to predict hospital admission in older ED patients with good accuracy using the items available in the interRAI ED C …

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OBJECTIVES To compare the diagnostic accuracy of the Identification of Seniors at Risk, the Flemish version of Triage Risk Screening Tool, and the interRAI Emergency Department

for predicting prolonged emergency department (ED) length of stay, hospitalization (following index ED stay), and unplanned ED readmission at 30 and 90 days among older (aged ≥70 years) community-dwelling adults admitted to the ED.

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Authors conclusion, this study reported that diagnostic charac teristics of ISAR, fTRST, and iEDS are comparable and that none of these tools accurately predicts prolonged ED LOS, hospitalization, and unplanned ED readmission at 30 and 90 days, when used as a stand-alone index.

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