AMDA is the official journal of AMDA: Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine. JAMDA provides bimonthly coverage of the issues most important to healthcare professionals providing long term care. Original research and review articles cover topics such as geriatric medicine, dementia and cognitive impairment, rehabilitation, chronic comorbid conditions, the frail elder, medication management and prescribing issues, multi-resistant organisms and infectious diseases, falls prevention, assisted living risks and challenges, as well as health policy, outcomes evaluation and guidelines for administrators, physicians and staff who work in long-term care and rehabilitation sites. Peer-reviewed articles include original studies, reviews, clinical experience articles, case reports, editorials and commentaries.
A new study by the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA), based at SAHMRI, has found 6 out of 10 Australian aged care residents are taking antidepressant medication.
Mar 12, 2024
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Drinking coffee and tea at midlife may be associated with a reduced likelihood of physical frailty in late life. A Singapore study has shown that adults, who consumed higher intake of caffeine via the drinking of coffee or ...
Oct 6, 2023
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A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Directors (JAMDA) found that the risk of severe COVID-19 illness among nursing home residents with complete vaccination are low. The study found that residents aged ...
Apr 3, 2023
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New research assessing levels of COVID-19 antibodies (against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein) both before vaccination and at five weeks and six months after nursing home residents received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine provide ...
Jan 11, 2022
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A study led by researchers in the Arnold School's Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Psychology has investigated COVID-19 infection rates and deaths among long-term ...
Oct 28, 2021
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A study by the Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia (UV), in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Madrid, has shown that a physiotherapy program that uses the Nintendo Wii console improves the ...
Jun 9, 2021
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People with Alzheimer's disease who used antipsychotic drugs had a higher number of accumulated hospital days than people with Alzheimer's disease who did not use antipsychotics, according to a new study from the University ...
Oct 7, 2019
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Standard tests used to identify dehydration are not working for older people living in care homes—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Mar 11, 2019
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People with Alzheimer's disease who used antiepileptic drugs had a higher number of accumulated hospital stays than people with Alzheimer's disease who did not use antiepileptics, according to a new study from the University ...
Jan 21, 2019
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In an effort to lessen readmission risk after discharge and achieve the best possible outcomes for patients, hospital-based clinicians are more intentionally planning discharge of those who require post-acute care (PAC). ...
Nov 8, 2018
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