Hospital discharge to a long-term care facility (LTCF) often represents an opportunity to reassess care goals, treatment intensity, and medication use. We examined changes in glucose-lowering medication (GLM) dispensing following first hospital discharge to LTCFs and whether these changes differed by resid...
Although daily-life gait speed (DGS) may better reflect real-world walking than laboratory- or clinic-based gait speed (LGS), it is unclear whether DGS provides superior discriminatory value for clinical outcomes. We compared LGS and DGS on their discriminative abilities concerning the risk of prefrailty/f...
To provide insight into the point prevalence of bacteriuria in frail older adults residing in Dutch nursing homes (NHs), to describe identified bacteria, and to investigate possible associations between resident characteristics and asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB).
To describe the 5-year functional and cognitive outcomes of older adults undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) ± valve surgery, and to identify preoperative factors associated with poor recovery.
To investigate perceived physical fatigability (PPF) as a novel predictor of cognitive frailty (CF) and elucidate mediating roles of physical capability markers in community-dwelling older adults.
This study aimed to analyze the associations of the Phenotypic Aging Index (PAI) with health outcomes, functional outcomes, and health care utilization using UK Biobank data. Specifically, we assessed whether the PAI predicts these outcomes after adjusting for polygenic risk scores (PRS) and demographic an...
Dietary intake is a crucial factor for healthy longevity. This study examined the association between meal-skipping habits in early and midlife and physical frailty in later life among community-dwelling older adults.
The objective of this analysis was to describe the association of dysphagia and frailty in persons living with dementia (PLWD) residing in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) who experienced hospitalization.
The goal of this study was to investigate the associations between the frailty index (FI) and allostatic load (AL) to determine if allostatic load contains “key” biomarkers of frailty. If so, AL may offer a more concise health measure using only routine, administrative data.