JAMDA
July 11, 2025
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JAMDA
June 25, 2025
Associations Between Frailty, Illness Severity, and Long-Term Mortality Among Older Adults Admitted to Municipal Acute Care
Important risk factors for mortality include frailty and illness severity. The National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) is widely used to assess acute illness severity and mortality risk, but age and frailty's impact on the association between NEWS2 and mortality is less understood, particularly in nonh...
JAMDA
June 24, 2025
Frailty, Latent Health Profiles, and Antiretroviral Therapy: Predicting Success of Skilled Nursing Facility Care in an HIV Population
People with HIV (PWH) likely need short-term skilled nursing facility (SNF) care more than people with greater financial and social support to remain home. Therefore, we sought to understand how frailty among health profiles with distinct driving conditions, antiretroviral therapy (ART), and sociodemograph...
JAMDA
June 14, 2025
The Relationship Between Frailty and Psychological Functioning in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review
Frailty and poor psychological functioning remain major aging-related public and clinical health challenges. The multidimensional nature of these constructs, along with diverse assessment methods, complicate the study of their relationship. This study aims to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal re...
JAMDA
June 7, 2025
Antithrombotic Therapy and Mortality Risk in Older Adults with Hip Fractures
Antithrombotic therapy, including antiplatelet therapy, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), and vitamin K antagonists (VKAs), is increasingly prescribed. These therapies pose complex challenges in patients with hip fracture due to risks of bleeding, risks of thromboembolism, and their potential role as mar...
JAMDA
June 4, 2025
Factors Influencing Change in Frailty Status in Retirement Village Residents
Older people residing in retirement villages (RVs) (elsewhere called continuing care retirement communities) are thought to live in a relatively age-friendly environment. Many RVs have facilities and resources for health care and home-based supports and opportunities for physical activity and social engage...
JAMDA
May 28, 2025
Are the Recommended Levels of Moderate-to-Vigorous Aerobic Activity and Resistance Training Inversely Associated with Frailty and Mortality?
To examine the association of meeting the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and resistance training (RT) components of the physical activity guidelines with frailty and mortality and to determine if these associations vary by age and sex.
JAMDA
May 14, 2025
Development, Validation, and Application of the Electronic Frailty Index: A Scoping Review
The aim of this scoping review was to examine the scope and characteristics of the published literature related to the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI).
JAMDA
May 10, 2025
Impact of Severe Dyspnea on Mortality and Disability: A 9-Year Cohort Study of Older Adults in Japan
We investigated the association of severe dyspnea and frailty with all-cause mortality and disability in Japanese community-dwelling older adults.
JAMDA
May 9, 2025
Innovative Patient Access to Home-Based Primary Care in Central Virginia
Home-based primary care (HBPC) is uniquely capable of meeting the health care needs of homebound older adults, many of whom experience diminished access to primary care. Research demonstrations of HBPC have often recruited patients based on prior acute care utilization or around the time of hospital discha...