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| Agreement Between Fingerstick Blood Glucose and Continuous Glucose Monitor Measures Among Long-Term Care Facility Residents | 8/2/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) A parallel study comparing the sensitivity and specificity of electronic health record-based fingerstick blood analysis compared to continuous glucose monitoring to detect episodes of hypocglycemia among residents of long-term care facilities. |
| Comparative Effectiveness of Two Methods for Assigning Care Coordinators to People Living with Dementia | 6/14/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Investigators conducted a pragmatic clinical trial embedded in a Medicare accountable care organization to explore comparative effectiveness of two strategies for assigning care coordinators to people living with dementia and their caregivers. Findings indicate partial effectiveness for adding proactive outreach to usual care when assigning care coordinators to PLWD. |
| An Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial of the Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) Program | 6/12/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Results paper describing outcomes of the associated IMPACT-funded pilot study testing the integration of the Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction program into nursing home care for people living with dementia in 7 NHs. |
| IMPACT Grand Rounds 57: Meta Lessons Learned from Pilot and Demonstration Projects Implementation (Slides) | 6/12/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Slides) In Grand Rounds 57, Jennifer Sullivan, PhD, describes lessons learned from IMPACT Pilot and Demonstration Projects implementation data. |
| IMPACT Grand Rounds 57: Meta Lessons Learned from Pilot and Demonstration Projects Implementation (Video) | 6/12/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Video) In Grand Rounds 57, Jennifer Sullivan, PhD, describes lessons learned from IMPACT Pilot and Demonstration Projects implementation data. |
| Invested Partner Feedback on Technology Assistance in Dementia (Tech-AiD) | 6/11/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Investigators conducted a multimethod study to collect feedback from care partners and healthcare professionals about a manualized behavioral intervention called Technology Assistance in Dementia (Tech-AiD) intended to improve care of people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias while also reducing burden among care partners. |
| Enhancing Interpretation of Cognitive Changes in Alzheimer’s Intervention Trials: Application of Standardized Regression-Based Change Scores | 5/25/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Investigators test the use of standardized regression-based (SRB) change indices to understand equivocal trial results in behavioral interventions. |
| Program of intensive support in emergency departments for care partners of cognitively impaired patients: A randomized controlled trial | 5/21/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Results of a randomized controlled trial of the Program of Intensive Support in Emergency Departments for Care Partners of Cognitively Impaired Patients (POISED) intervention, which was designed to identify cognitive impairment for patients at point of care in the ED, determine root causes for that ED visit, and apply an individualized post-ED care management plan for patients and care partners. Despite a lack of demonstrated effectiveness, POISED offers insights for future development. A strategy to improve ED care for persons living with cognitive impairment or dementia might focus on gathering more actionable information at discharge rather than by care management after discharge. |
| IMPACT Grand Rounds 56: Bridging Research and Practice: An Update from Real World Data Scholars (Slides) | 5/15/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Slides) In Grand Rounds 56, the 2023 Real World Data Scholars, Jinying Chen, PhD, Kenneth Lam, MD, MAS, Lindsay White, PhD, and Yongkang Zhang, PhD, MS, presented on their research projects using the Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative dataset. |
| IMPACT Grand Rounds 56: Bridging Research and Practice: An Update from Real World Data Scholars (Video) | 5/15/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Video) In Grand Rounds 56, the 2023 Real World Data Scholars, Jinying Chen, PhD, Kenneth Lam, MD, MAS, Lindsay White, PhD, and Yongkang Zhang, PhD, MS, presented on their research projects using the Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative dataset. |
| Incidence of Long COVID diagnoses in 3.6 million US Medicare beneficiaries with COVID-19 | 5/15/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) This cohort study of 3,588,671 Medicare beneficiaries with COVID-19 explores the incidence of Long COVID among older adults and whether that incidence varies across clinical subgroup and vaccination history. |
| Emergency Department Utilization Among Co-Residing Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia | 5/10/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Results from an observational cohort study of emergency department visits among caregivers of people living with dementia that live with the PLWD compared to the same of caregivers that do not live with the PLWD. |
| External Validation of a Proprietary Risk Model for One-Year Mortality in Community-Dwelling Adults 65 Years or Older | 4/29/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Investigators conduct a retrospective cohort study examining the discrimination, calibration, and algorithmic fairness of the Epic End-of-Life Care Index (EOL-CI). The EOL-CI is a proprietary risk model for one-year mortality that is integrated into the electronic health record (EHR) at many health systems but to date there have been no external validation studies performed to examine its’ performance in community-dwelling populations. |
| Leveraging data, technology, and policy to address disparities for persons living with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias | 4/29/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Authors highlight important gaps and opportunities in work addressing disparities related to Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias (AD/ADRD) presented during Session 4: Disparities in Health Care Access, Utilization, and Quality, of the 2023 National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners/Caregivers. |
| Detection and differentiation of undiagnosed dementia in the emergency department: A pilot referral pathway | 4/21/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Results of a pilot study which tested the feasibility of ED clinicians referring older adult patients identified through CI screening and direct clinician referral for outpatient cognitive evaluation. |
| Grand Rounds 55: Augmenting Nurse Support and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Integration for the Pragmatic Trial of the TabCAT-Brain Health Assessment (TabCAT-BHA) (Slides) | 4/17/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Slides) In this Grand Rounds, Katherine Possin, PhD, discusses "Augmenting Nurse Support and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Integration for the Pragmatic Trial of the TabCAT Brain Health Assessment (TabCAT-BHA)." TabCAT-BHA is a software platform owned by UCSF to provide diagnosis in MCI and dementia. |
| Grand Rounds 55: Augmenting Nurse Support and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Integration for the Pragmatic Trial of the TabCAT-Brain Health Assessment (TabCAT-BHA) (Video) | 4/17/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Video) In this Grand Rounds, Katherine Possin, PhD, discusses "Augmenting Nurse Support and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Integration for the Pragmatic Trial of the TabCAT Brain Health Assessment (TabCAT-BHA)." TabCAT-BHA is a software platform owned by UCSF to provide diagnosis in MCI and dementia. |
| "There Should Be A Nurse On Call”: Complex Care Needs of Low-Income Older Adults in Medicaid-Supported Assisted Living | 4/10/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) The objective of this study was to explore the complex care needs and serious illness communication challenges experienced by low-income older adults in Medicaid-supported assisted living. Methods: A qualitative secondary framework analysis was conducted on data from a parent qualitative study involving 17 residents aged 60 and older with serious illnesses at a Medicaid-supported facility in New York City. |
| Grand Rounds 54: 5-Cog Paradigm to Improve Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care: Pragmatic Clinical Trial (Slides) | 3/20/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Slides) In this Grand Rounds, Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH, discusses transforming brain health with early detection of cognitive problems in the primary care setting using the 5-cog paradigm. |
| Grand Rounds 54: 5-Cog Paradigm to Improve Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care: Pragmatic Clinical Trial (Video) | 3/20/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Video) In this Grand Rounds, Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH, discusses transforming brain health with early detection of cognitive problems in the primary care setting using the 5-cog paradigm. |
| Key Informants’ Perceptions of Telehealth Palliative Care for People Living with Dementia in Nursing Homes | 3/19/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) A pilot ePCT of a telehealth palliative care program for nursing home residents living with dementia explores implementation barriers and facilitators. |
| Nonpharmacological Pain Management for People with Dementia: A Scoping Review Mapping Research Gaps from a Pragmatic Lens | 3/7/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) A scoping review of research studies of nonpharmacological pain interventions use and effectiveness with people living with dementia. Eighty one studies covering 24 interventions were reviewed and mapped to the 9 domains of the Readiness Assessment for Pragmatic Trials (RAPT) model to summarize and identify research gaps. |
| An educational intervention to promote central nervous system-active deprescribing in dementia: A pilot study | 3/1/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Results from IMPACT-funded pilot trial assessing the implementation feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a patient nudge intervention to prompt deprescribing among people living with dementia (PLWD) with CNS-active polypharmacy. |
| IMPACT Grand Rounds 53: IMPACT Demonstration Project | Improving How PLWD are Selected for Care Coordination: ePCT in an ACO (Slides) | 2/20/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Slides) In Grand Rounds 53, Lisa Kern, MD, MPH, discusses "IMPACT Demonstration Project | Improving How People Living with Dementia are Selected for Care Coordination: Pragmatic Clinical Trial Embedded in an Accountable Care Organization" |
| IMPACT Grand Rounds 53: IMPACT Demonstration Project | Improving How PLWD are Selected for Care Coordination: ePCT in an ACO (Video) | 2/20/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Video) In Grand Rounds 53, Lisa Kern, MD, MPH, discusses "IMPACT Demonstration Project | Improving How People Living with Dementia are Selected for Care Coordination: Pragmatic Clinical Trial Embedded in an Accountable Care Organization" |
| How Do Researchers Identify and Recruit Dementia Caregivers? A Scoping Review | 2/5/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) This scoping review aimed to capture the current methodology for identifying and recruiting dementia caregivers in clinical studies. |
| Aligning Medications With What Matters Most: Conversations Between Pharmacists, People With Dementia, and Care Partners | 2/3/2025 | Publications/Articles | (Article) Investigators conducted a qualitative study of interactions between pharmacists and 55 patient care partner dyads in a secondary analysis of a pilot study of a pharmacist-led deprescribing intervention for people living with dementia in primary care. |
| Grand Rounds 52: Improving Advance Care Planning for Seriously Ill Primary Care Patients: UC Health Care Planning Study (Slides) | 1/16/2025 | Grand Rounds/Webinars | (Slides) In this Grand Rounds, Rebecca Sudore, MD, and Anne Walling, MD, PhD, discuss the evolving Advance Care Planning (ACP) definition and research along with lessons learned from their ACP PCORI pragmatic randomized control trial. |