JAMDA
January 19, 2023
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JAMDA
January 16, 2023
Association Between Multimorbidity and Rate of Falls: A 3-Year 5-Country Prospective Study in Generally Healthy and Active Community-Dwelling Adults Aged ≥70 Years
To examine the association between the baseline number of chronic diseases and multimorbidity with regard to the incidence of all and injurious falls over 3 years among European community-dwelling older adults.
JAMDA
November 21, 2022
Cognitive Frailty as a Predictor of Future Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
To examine the association between cognitive frailty and the risk of future falls among older adults.
Podcast
November 4, 2022
JAMDA On-The-Go | October 2022 | Lighting and Falls; Medical Care...
JAMDA
October 27, 2022
Patterns of Antipsychotic Dispensation to Long-Term Care Residents
To describe dispensing patterns of antipsychotic medications to long-term care (LTC) residents and assess factors associated with continuation of an antipsychotic after a fall-related hospitalization.
JAMDA
August 10, 2022
External Validation of a Prediction Model for Falls in Older People Based on Electronic Health Records in Primary Care
Early identification of older people at risk of falling is the cornerstone of fall prevention. Many fall prediction tools exist but their external validity is lacking. External validation is a prerequisite before application in clinical practice. Models developed with electronic health record (EHR) data ar...
JAMDA
July 16, 2022
Impact of Upgraded Lighting on Falls in Care Home Residents
Falls in care home residents have major health and economic implications. Given the impact of lighting on visual acuity, alertness, and sleep and their potential influence on falls, we aimed to assess the impact of upgraded lighting on the rate of falls in long-term care home residents.
JAMDA
May 16, 2022
Developing Acute Event Risk Profiles for Older Adults with Dementia in Long-Term Care Using Motor Behavior Clusters Derived from Deep Learning
This paper uses deep (machine) learning techniques to develop and test how motor behaviors, derived from location and movement sensor tracking data, may be associated with falls, delirium, and urinary tract infections (UTIs) in long-term care (LTC) residents.
JAMDA
February 19, 2022
Identifying Appropriate Nursing Home Resources to Reduce Fall-Related Emergency Department Transfers
To describe potentially avoidable fall-related transfers to the emergency department (ED), and to identify infrastructure, training needs, and resources deemed appropriate for implementation in nursing homes (NHs) to decrease fall-related transfers to EDs.
JAMDA
January 21, 2022
Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures in Residential Aged Care: Updated Consensus Recommendations
Osteoporosis is underdiagnosed and undertreated in people living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), even though aged-care residents are at greater risk of experiencing fractures than their community-dwelling counterparts. The first (2009) and second (2016) Consensus Conferences on the Treatment o...
