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Alzheimer's & Dementia Care Conference 2019: Afternoon Sessions, 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Elizabeth City, NC--April 25, 2019

Conference Brochure

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NICHE: Patient-Centered Acute Care for Older Adults

News

ACE Units Improve Complex Patient Management, By Kellie L. Flood, MD, and Kyle R. Allen, DO, AGSF, Today’s Geriatric Medicine, Vol. 6 No. 5 P. 28
NICHE program focuses on geriatric care from nursing perspective, BY LIZ SEEGERT | JUNE 17, 2013, Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)
Tending to geriatric care with NICHE, Nurse Manager Website, July 7, 2008, by Barbara Kancelbaum, MSJ

Research

Boltz, M., Capezuti, E., Shuluk, J., Brouwer, J., Carolan, D., Conway, S., … Galvin, J. E. (2013). Implementation of geriatric acute care best practices: initial results of the NICHE SITE self-evaluation. Nursing & health sciences, 15(4), 518–524. doi:10.1111/nhs.12067
Bond, S. M., Bryant, A. L., & Puts, M. (2015). The Evolution of Gero-Oncology Nursing. Seminars in oncology nursing, 32(1), 3–15. doi:10.1016/j.soncn.2015.11.002

Websites

Center for Aging and Health, Division of Geriatric Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
NICHE--Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders

1.	Factors Predicting Adoption of the Nurses Improving Care of Healthsystem Elders Program.
	Stimpfel AW, Gilmartin MJ.
	Nurs Res. 2019 Jan/Feb;68(1):13-21. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000327.
	PMID: 30540691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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2.	Assessing the perceptions and attitudes among geriatric resource nurses: Evaluating the NICHE program at a large academic medical center.
	Rosenfeld P, Kwok G, Glassman K.
	Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2018 Jul-Sep;39(3):268-282. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2018.1428577. Epub 2018 Feb 7.
	PMID: 29412068 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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3.	Nurses Improving the Care of Healthsystem Elders: creating a sustainable business model to improve care of hospitalized older adults.
	Capezuti EA, Bricoli B, Boltz MP.
	J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Aug;61(8):1387-93. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12324. Epub 2013 Jun 17. Erratum in: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Nov;61(11):2061. Briccoli, Barbara [corrected to Bricoli, Barbara].
	PMID: 23772850 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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4.	Hospital nurses' perceptions of the geriatric care environment in one Canadian health care region.
	McKenzie JA, Blandford AA, Menec VH, Boltz M, Capezuti E.
	J Nurs Scholarsh. 2011 Jun;43(2):181-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01387.x. Epub 2011 Apr 6.
	PMID: 21605322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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5.	The Duke-NICHE program: an academic-practice collaboration to enhance geriatric nursing care.
	Hendrix CC, Matters L, West Y, Stewart B, McConnell ES.
	Nurs Outlook. 2011 May-Jun;59(3):149-57. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2011.02.007.
	PMID: 21565590 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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6.	A Bill of Rights for Hospitalized Older Adults.
	Mezey MD, Mitty E.
	J Nurs Adm. 2011 Mar;41(3):115-21. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e31820c722d.
	PMID: 21336039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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7.	Changes in the Geriatric Care Environment Associated with NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for HealthSystem Elders).
	Boltz M, Capezuti E, Bowar-Ferres S, Norman R, Secic M, Kim H, Fairchild S, Mezey M, Fulmer T.
	Geriatr Nurs. 2008 May-Jun;29(3):176-85. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2008.02.002.
	PMID: 18555159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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8.	Nurses Improving Care to Health System Elders (NICHE): implementation of best practice models.
	Mezey M, Kobayashi M, Grossman S, Firpo A, Fulmer T, Mitty E.
	J Nurs Adm. 2004 Oct;34(10):451-7.
	PMID: 15577667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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9.	TWICE: A NICHE program at North Memorial Health Care.
	Guthrie PF, Edinger G, Schumacher S.
	Geriatr Nurs. 2002 May-Jun;23(3):133-8; quiz 138-9.
	PMID: 12075277 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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10.	Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE): using outcomes and benchmarks for evidenced-based practice.
	Fulmer T, Mezey M, Bottrell M, Abraham I, Sazant J, Grossman S, Grisham E.
	Geriatr Nurs. 2002 May-Jun;23(3):121-7.
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Dementia Friendly Hospitals

1.	Integrating traditional Chinese medicine healthcare into dementia care plan by reducing the need for special nursing care and medical expenses.
	Lin SK, Lo PC, Chen WC, Lai JN.
	Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Feb;98(7):e14468. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000014468.
	PMID: 30762764 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
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2.	Distress Associated with Dementia-Related Psychosis and Agitation in Relation to Healthcare Utilization and Costs.
	Maust DT, Kales HC, McCammon RJ, Blow FC, Leggett A, Langa KM.
	Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2017 Oct;25(10):1074-1082. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2017.02.025. Epub 2017 May 25.
	PMID: 28754586 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
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3.	Dementia-friendly interventions to improve the care of people living with dementia admitted to hospitals: a realist review.
	Handley M, Bunn F, Goodman C.
	BMJ Open. 2017 Jul 16;7(7):e015257. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015257. Review.
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4.	Trends, Predictors, and Outcomes of Healthcare Resources Used in Patients Hospitalized with Alzheimer's Disease with at Least One Procedure: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
	Beydoun MA, Gamaldo AA, Beydoun HA, Shaked D, Zonderman AB, Eid SM.
	J Alzheimers Dis. 2017;57(3):813-824. doi: 10.3233/JAD-161225.
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5.	Transitions From Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Persons With Dementia: A Challenging Convergence of Patient and System-Level Needs.
	Gilmore-Bykovskyi AL, Roberts TJ, King BJ, Kennelty KA, Kind AJH.
	Gerontologist. 2017 Oct 1;57(5):867-879. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw085.
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6.	Interventions that support the creation of dementia friendly environments in health care: protocol for a realist review.
	Handley M, Bunn F, Goodman C.
	Syst Rev. 2015 Dec 14;4:180. doi: 10.1186/s13643-015-0168-2.
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Dementia Friendly Communities – No One Size Fits All

1.	The prevalence of dementia in a Portuguese community sample: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group study.
	Gonçalves-Pereira M, Cardoso A, Verdelho A, Alves da Silva J, Caldas de Almeida M, Fernandes A, Raminhos C, Ferri CP, Prina AM, Prince M, Xavier M.
	BMC Geriatr. 2017 Nov 7;17(1):261. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0647-5.
	PMID: 29115922 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
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2.	Comparison of predictors of hip fracture and mortality after hip fracture in community-dwellers with and without Alzheimer's disease - exposure-matched cohort study.
	Tolppanen AM, Taipale H, Tanskanen A, Tiihonen J, Hartikainen S.
	BMC Geriatr. 2016 Dec 1;16(1):204.
	PMID: 27908278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
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3.	Resource utilisation, costs and clinical outcomes in non-institutionalised patients with Alzheimer's disease: 18-month UK results from the GERAS observational study.
	Lenox-Smith A, Reed C, Lebrec J, Belger M, Jones RW.
	BMC Geriatr. 2016 Nov 25;16(1):195.
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4.	Predicting the role of assistive technologies in the lives of people with dementia using objective care recipient factors.
	Czarnuch S, Ricciardelli R, Mihailidis A.
	BMC Geriatr. 2016 Jul 20;16:143. doi: 10.1186/s12877-016-0314-2.
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5.	Measuring the Caregiver Burden of Caring for Community-Residing People with Alzheimer's Disease.
	Yu H, Wang X, He R, Liang R, Zhou L.
	PLoS One. 2015 Jul 8;10(7):e0132168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132168. eCollection 2015.
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6.	Solitary living in Alzheimer's disease over 3 years: association between cognitive and functional impairment and community-based services.
	Wattmo C, Londos E, Minthon L.
	Clin Interv Aging. 2014 Nov 14;9:1951-62. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S71709. eCollection 2014.
	PMID: 25484578 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
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7.	Emergency Department Use by Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia in the United States: An Integrative Review.
	Hunt LJ, Coombs LA, Stephens CE.
	J Gerontol Nurs. 2018 Mar 1;44(3):23-30. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20171206-01. Epub 2018 Jan 23. Review.
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Embracing Moments of Joy

Book (no e-book available, links to book sellers)

Creating Moments of Joy for the Person with Alzheimer's Or Dementia, Jolene Brackey, Purdue University Press, 2007 - MEDICAL - 331 pages

News

Embracing Alzheimer's Disease, by Elaine Magary, MSW, LISW, Today's Caregiver, March 27, 2018
A joyful existence with Alzheimer’s? Yes, joyful.
Alzheimer's Q&A: How do improvised activities benefit an individual with Alzheimer's or dementia?, OCT 28, 2018 - 3:00 PM, The Advocate
Embracing Alzheimer's Disease, by Elaine Magary, MSW, LISW, Today's Caregiver, March 27, 2018

Websites

Communication and Behavior Problems: Resources for Alzheimer's Caregivers, Alzheimer's Caregiving, National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Dept. of HHS
Embarrassing and odd behaviour, Changes in behaviour, Alzheimer Europe