The Dementia DataHub (R01 AG075730), created by NORC at the University of Chicago, provides interactive dashboards and maps to view dementia diagnoses among Medicare beneficiaries, with results available at the national, state, and county levels. NORC Dementia DataHub uses the term “dementia” to refer broadly to Alzheimer’s disease dementia and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias (AD/ADRD) and other diagnoses that are sometimes used to indicate these conditions.
November 2, 2023
Authors, including IMPACT members, Roee Gutman, PhD, Vincent Mor, PhD, James Rudolph, MD, SM, Rosa Baier, MPH, and Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH explored whether implementation of a personalized music intervention decreased the frequency of agitated behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia. They measured impact by using structured observations conducted as part of a randomized controlled trial design.
The authors found that personalized music decreased the frequency of verbally agitated behaviors in residents randomized to receive the treatment compared to residents randomized to a usual care control. No effect of the intervention was found on physically agitated behaviors. The intervention also increased observed pleasure.
This study provides evidence for the effectiveness of a non-pharmacological intervention for temporary relief in verbal behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia.
Perspectives on Value Frameworks in Alzheimer’s Disease
March 2021
An editorial written to open a special supplement to “Value & Outcomes Spotlight” exploring value assessment of new interventions in Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full article here.
October 26, 2020
A paper presenting results from a study in which an evidence-based, nonpharmacologic intervention for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) and their informal caregivers, Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environments (COPE), was tested in a Medicaid and state revenue-funded home and community-based service (HCBS) program. Read the full article here.
Advance Care Planning Video Intervention Among Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents
July 6, 2020
This paper reviews a study to test the effect of an Advance Care Planning video program on hospital transfers, burdensome treatments, and hospice enrollment among long-stay nursing home residents with and without advanced illness. Read the full article at this link.
