Change in Distressed Behavior in Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers
New distressed behavior decreased during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the previous 2 years. The observed association between antipsychotic medication use and distressed behavior may reflect clinical recognition and treatment of a predisposition toward distressed behavior. Recorded changes in distressed behavior in Veterans with dementia residing in CLCs opposed the trend of decreased well-being in residents of non-VA nursing homes, but changes in resident assessment fidelity during the Early-COVID period could have confounded the study.
Authors
- Frank DeVone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4685-690X)
- Thomas A. Bayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-228X)
- Alexander Garbin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-3417)
- James L. Rudolph
- Christopher W. Halladay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2890-9107)
- Kevin W. McConeghy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5056-0431)
- Mriganka Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2479-600X)
- Ciera Leeder
- Stefan Gravenstein
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- Providence VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105752
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs